Lot Essay
Cf. the similar vase in the Baur Collection, illustrated by J. Ayers in the Catalogue, vol.IV, no. A 632
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK
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A FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND BALUSTER VASE
qianlong six-character mark
Enamelled around the body with leafy scrolls centred around chrysanthemums at the neck, bats on the shoulder, and lotus-heads around the body, all on a rich ruby ground, between a geometric lappet-band and key-pattern band at the slightly spreading foot and a ruyi-head band with flower-heads on a yellow ground at the everted lobed rim, footrim flakes
11½in. (29cm.) high
qianlong six-character mark
Enamelled around the body with leafy scrolls centred around chrysanthemums at the neck, bats on the shoulder, and lotus-heads around the body, all on a rich ruby ground, between a geometric lappet-band and key-pattern band at the slightly spreading foot and a ruyi-head band with flower-heads on a yellow ground at the everted lobed rim, footrim flakes
11½in. (29cm.) high