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A LIME-GREEN GROUND FAMILLE ROSE TWIN-HANDLED VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1796-1820)
清嘉慶 綠地粉彩連年福壽紋雙獸耳尊 礬紅六字篆書款
The bulbous body and tall faring neck are elaborately enamelled with
colourful lotus blooms, bats and peaches, all set against a lime-green ground
and separated by bands of ruyi heads, key fret and foliate scrolls. The neck
is further decorated with a pair of animal mask handles with gilt rings. The
spreading foot is encircled by foliate borders, below a band of overlapping blue
and pink lotus petals rising from the lower body of the vessel. The interior and
base are decorated with a turquoise enamel.
7æ in. (19.8 cm.) high
£80,000–120,000 $120,000–170,000
€92,000–140,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Taipei circa 2003
來源:
約2003年購自臺北

The decoration skilfully executed on this vase is replete with auspicious
symbolism. The iconography of the bat (representing happiness), peach
(representing longevity) and lotus (representing continuity) form the rebus for
'May happiness and longevity continue for years to come'.

Compare the present lot to similar lime-green ground examples from this
period, including a Jiaqing-marked meiping decorated with Indian lotus
amidst Shou and Fu characters from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated
in Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration,
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong,
1999, p. 195, no. 172; and a Jiaqing-marked lantern vase with exotic fowers,
op. cit., pl. 173. Similar designs are also seen on earlier Qianlong period
prototypes, such as a Qianlong-marked vase detailed with lotus borne on
tendrils between phoenix on a lime-green ground, included in the Nanjing
Museum and Chinese University of Hong Kong joint exhibition Qing imperial
Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, Catalogue, no. 96.

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