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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON’

VASE

JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN
IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

The vase has an ovoid body rising from a
slightly splayed foot to a tall waisted neck
and flared lipped rim, the neck flanked by
a pair of coral ground ruyi handles resting
elegantly on the lower neck, the exterior
of the vessel decorated with two pairs of
dragons flanking peony blooms borne on
meandering foliate scrolls further issuing
delicately picked out blossoms, including
clusters of hydrangea and lotus blooms, the
detail all picked out in delicately shaded
tones of blue, pink, green and yellow
against a white ground, the rim decorated
with a scrolling ruyi band below the gilt
rim, the interior and base enamelled
turquoise, the base centred with an iron-
red seal mark within a white cartouche.
12 Ω in. (31.7 cm.) high, box

HK$800,000-1,200,000
US$110,000-160,000

PROVENANCE

Sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 December
1990, lot 418

清嘉慶

粉彩纏枝番蓮龍紋如意耳瓶

礬紅六字篆書款

來源
倫敦蘇富比，1990 年 12 月 11 日，
拍品 418 號

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