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RARO VASO A BOTTIGLIA IN PORCELLANA FAMIGLIA ROSA ‘CENTO CERVI’, CINA, XIX – XX SECOLO
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASE ‘HUNDRED DEER’, CHINA, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
The vase with a globular body rising from a short foot to a flared neck, the ground decorated with a continuous scene
with a herd of deer, comprising buck, does and their young with reddish-brown fur, spotted hide and dappled white
coats, grazing, gamboling and resting in a lush mountainous river landscape, amidst pine and peach trees, rock and
flower, divided at the shoulder by a yellow ground band with lotus spray alternating with gilt Shou character all between
foliate scroll, and with a white recessed base. In very good conditions, very small firing imperfections and a small
piece of 6 cm on the foot rim, left glued on the wood base, very minor wear to the gilding, and slightly warped.
39,4 cm high, 23 cm wide
€ 2.000 – 3.000
Provenance: from the private collection of an important north Italian Gentleman who collected in the 50’s and 60’s and now to
his descendants, purchased at Bianchi Antichità Torino (label)
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