Lot Essay
Compare the floral decoration on the white-ground vase in the Dr. Alfred Sandak Collection included in the exhibition, Ostasiatische Kunst, Deutscher Museums, 1926, Catalogue, no. 83
QIANLONG CARVED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD
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A FIVE-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE-GROUND GLASS JAR AND COVER
Qianlong Carved Four-Character Mark Within a Square and of the Period
The ovoid jar decorated with peony, chrysanthemum, orchid and begonia sprouting from a band of blue rockwork encircling the base, the leaves and stems in green and the flowers in dark red, pink, blue and amber, below a green ruyi collar on the shoulder, with a large blue peony blossom on the cover above a multi-colored ruyi band, all cut through the various layers of color to the opaque white ground
6¼in. (15.9cm.) high, box
Qianlong Carved Four-Character Mark Within a Square and of the Period
The ovoid jar decorated with peony, chrysanthemum, orchid and begonia sprouting from a band of blue rockwork encircling the base, the leaves and stems in green and the flowers in dark red, pink, blue and amber, below a green ruyi collar on the shoulder, with a large blue peony blossom on the cover above a multi-colored ruyi band, all cut through the various layers of color to the opaque white ground
6¼in. (15.9cm.) high, box