A VERY RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASE

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A VERY RARE TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASE
IRON-RED QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Finely enamelled around the body and the tall neck with four large lotus blooms borne on a continuous meander of curling tendril issuing ripe melons, with butterflies in flight, all reserved on a turquoise ground, the slightly spreading foot encircled by a band of detached lotus sprays above a classic scroll in gilt on iron-red ground, the trumpet neck with a pink floral band, the rims gilt (neck restored)
14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Another vase of this very rare design from the Edward Chow Collection is published by Beurdeley and Raindre, Qing Porcelain, fig. 184.
(US$20,000-24,000)

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