A FAMILLE ROSE COMPRESSED BOTTLE VASE

REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949), 'YAN QING LOU ZHI SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD

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A FAMILLE ROSE COMPRESSED BOTTLE VASE
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949), 'YAN QING LOU ZHI SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD
The compressed body of the vase is supported on a short flaring foot, and the tall neck rises to a flaring mouth rim. The exterior of the vase is finely enamelled with a lotus pond scene with three geese, with two seal marks reading 'Xu Ren' and 'He Chu' respectively. The mouth rim, the foot rim and the seal mark to the base reading 'Yan Qing Lou zhi' are all decorated in gilt.
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high

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The two seal marks to the body of the vase refer to He Xuren (1882-1940), one of the eight famous artists known collectively as Zhu Shan Ba You, 'the Eight Friends of Pearl Mountain'.
The seal mark to the base may be translated as 'made by Yan Qing Lou'. Yan Qing Lou is the hall mark of Cao Kun (1862-1938), a distinguished military leader from Tianjin who was favoured by Yuan Shikai and became the fifth President of the Republic of China in 1923.

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