A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE VASE

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A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

THE CYLINDRICAL SIDES MOULDED WITH FOUR LOTUS PETAL PANELS IN RELIEF, TWO BEARING LONG INSCRIPTIONS WITH RED SEALS REFERRING TO THE TWO PAINTINGS ON ITS SIDE, ONE WITH A GNARLED FLOWERING PRUNUS TREE BESIDE IRON-RED TREE PEONIES, THE OTHER WITH MULTI-COLOURED CHRYSANTHEMUMS BORNE ON LEAFY STEMS, ALL RESERVED ON A GROUND FILLED WITH STYLIZED BATS, LOTUS AND FLOWER-SPRAYS IN FINELY DAPPLED ENAMELS AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ABOVE THE FOOT SURROUNDED BY A KEY-FRET BORDER, THE NECK FLANKED BY TWO ANGULAR CHILONG HANDLES IN IRON-RED, RIMS, BORDERS AND HANDLES PICKED OUT IN GILT--13 3/8IN. (34CM.) HIGH, BOX

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THESE FINELY ENAMELLED SEASONAL FLOWER PANELS WITH CORRESPONDING CALLIGRAPHIC INSCRIPTIONS RELATE TO SCROLL PAINTINGS.
CF. WITH SEVERAL RELATED QIANLONG MARKED VASES WITH SIMILAR PANELS AND INSCRIPTIONS: ONE IN THE PALACE MUSEUM, BEIJING, ILLUSTRATED IN KANGXI, YONGZHENG, QIANLONG, PL. 39, P. 358 RESERVED ON A GILT GROUND; ONE IN THE PALACE MUSEUM, TAIBEI, INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF K'ANG-HSI, YUNG-CHENG AND CH'IEN-LUNG PORCELAIN WARE, CATALOGUE, NO. 80 RESERVED ON A BLUE GROUND WITH GILT FLORAL SCROLLS; ONE IN THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM ILLUSTRATED IN CHINA MUSEUM COLLECTIONS, VOL. 21, JINGDEZHEN POLYCHROME CERAMICS, PL. 114

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