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PROPERTY FROM A MAINE PRIVATE COLLECTION 清乾隆 胭脂紅地粉彩纏枝蓮八吉祥紋
A PAIR OF RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE 花觚一對
‘EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS’ ALTAR VASES 《大清乾隆年製》款
(GU)
SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 來源
each with an iron-red six-character seal mark within a Dan E. Richardson (1849-1904) 收藏，約1895至1902年
rectangular cartouche (2) 間得於舊金山，此後家族傳承
Height 10¼ in., 26.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Dan E. Richardson (1849-1904), acquired in San
Francisco circa 1895-1902, and thence by descent.
A closely related vase in the Tu Huo Zhai Museum, Hangzhou,
was included in the exhibition Treasures of Imperial Porcelain,
Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, 2001, cat. no. 130.
Compare also ruby-ground examples sold at auction, the first
in our London rooms, 13th July 2005, lot 267, and the second
in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st-2nd June 2015, lot 676. A yellow-
ground vase of this type with a Qianlong mark and of the
period is in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, and included in the
exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng
and Qianlong Reigns, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 95; a coral ground
example sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2006, lot
1123 and a pair with doucai enamels sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 7th April 2015, lot 3707.
$ 40,000-60,000

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