A Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle
A Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER IRON-RED SEAL MARK IN A LINE, 1790-1820

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A Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle
Qianlong four-character iron-red seal mark in a line, 1790-1820
Of flattened spade shape, painted in famille rose enamels with the so-called 'one hundred boys' on each side holding a variety of lanterns on a terrace, the neck and narrow shoulders with an iron-red stylised floral design, stopper
2.1/8in. (5.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

An almost identical bottle from the Gerry P. Mack Collection was sold by Sotheby's, New York, 25 October 1997, lot 311.

A similar bottle is illustrated by Geng Baochang, Zheng Guo bi yan hu zhen shang, Beijing, 1995, no. 119. Another was sold by Hanhai, Beijing, 24 October 1996, lot 8

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