QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)

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A PAIR OF FINE IRON-RED DECORATED HOLY WATER BOTTLES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
Each with baluster body and a cylindrical neck above a domed base, decorated with central lotus sprays between lappets and stylised foliate bands
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, finely carved wood stands (2)

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Lot Essay

A single identical example can be seen in the painting by Giuseppe Castiglione in the National Palace Museum, showing the Emperor Qianlong seated beside a table set with some of his treasures, see Palastmuseum Peking Schätze aus der Verbotenen Stadt, Berlin, 1985, no. 41, pl. 24; for another example presented to Cheltenham College, England, by Yuan Shikai in 1914, and now in the Weishaupt Collection, see G. Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, London, 1987, no. 176, p.127; and see P. Lam, Qing Imperial Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 83. Another example can be found in the British Museum, London.

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