A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND OVOID VASES

QING FAMILLE ROSE

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE TURQUOISE-GROUND OVOID VASES
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK IN GILDING AND OF THE PERIOD

Each decorated in imitation of cloisonné enamel with a design of lotus scroll incorporating lotus blossoms of various size, bats suspending ribbon-tied chimes and wan emblems, all between ruyi and fretwork borders, the neck flanked by a pair of blue dragon handles, all in famille rose enamels and iron-red outlined in gilding reserved on a pale turquoise ground, the interior of the neck and interior of the base covered in a paler turquoise glaze (one with hair crack)
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the closely related Qianlong vase, with different handles, and border decorations, included in An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Christie's, London, June 14-24, 1993, Catalogue, no. 101. See, also, a pair of famille rose turquoise-ground, double-gourd vases, dating to the Jiaqing period, decorated in the same palette, with very similar lotus scrolls and 'auspicious' emblems, in the same exhibition, op. cit., no. 103. A bottle vase with a 'garlic'-shaped mouth, with similar decoration and palette, dated to the Daoguang period, was included in the exhibition, Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., January 31-November 28, 1993, Catalogue, no. 5

All these vases are clearly made to imitate cloisonné enamel, even simulating the effect of gilt lines outlining the areas of color