Lot Essay
Sold in these Rooms 31 May 1965, lot 91, from the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Margadale of Islay
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND BALUSTER VASE
IRON-RED QIANLONG SEAL MARK
Details
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND BALUSTER VASE
iron-red qianlong seal mark
Enamelled around the stout body with an elaborate floral meander enclosing four lotus blooms below one of the Eight Daoist Emblems between a blue-ground cloud-collar at the shoulder and lappets around the foot, the waisted neck similarly decorated with ribboned bats below a band of ruyi-heads at the rim
22½in. (57cm.) high
iron-red qianlong seal mark
Enamelled around the stout body with an elaborate floral meander enclosing four lotus blooms below one of the Eight Daoist Emblems between a blue-ground cloud-collar at the shoulder and lappets around the foot, the waisted neck similarly decorated with ribboned bats below a band of ruyi-heads at the rim
22½in. (57cm.) high
Provenance
Fonthill Heirlooms, no.642