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251 A CELADON-GROUND ‘PEACH AND
BATS’ TWO-HANDLED VASE, HU
252 Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
116 | BONHAMS The pear-shaped body of quatre-foil
section, flanked with two tubular lug handles
embellished with shou-characters, raised
on a short foot rim, finely enamelled to each
side with a continuous spray of fruiting
peach branches with bats flying overhead,
all composed between a keyfret border
encircling the mouth rim and a lappet band at
the foot.
31cm (12 1/4in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 HK$30,000 - 50,000

Provenance
Property from a Welsh private collection,
acquired in the 1970s, and thence by
descent.

For a similar celadon-ground hu vase
enamelled with peaches, Guangxu six-
character mark and of the period, see
Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin
Quanji 39: Falangcai Fencai (The Complete
Collection of the Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Beijing 39: Porcelains with
Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille
Rose Decoration), 2008, p. 272, no. 241.

252
A FAMILLE ROSE ‘MEDALLION’
BALUSTER VASE
19th century
The baluster body and slender, flaring, neck
enamelled in the famille rose palette with
medallions of scholars looking at paintings,
and ladies with boy attendants, all reserved
on a white ground interspersed with small
floral sprays, the shoulder with a rouge-de-fer
cloud collar.
29.5cm (11 3/4in) high

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000