A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE GRAVIATA RUBY-GROUND COVERED WATERPOT

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A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE GRAVIATA RUBY-GROUND COVERED WATERPOT
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of oval cross-section with the compressed rounded sides finely enamelled in subtle tones of blue, yellow, green and iron-red to depict large lotus blossoms joined together by criss-crossed leafy tendrils, against an incised ruby-red ground, beneath a band of ruyi-heads surrounding the mouth rim, the rim slightly indented to accommodate the gilt-metal spoon, both the interior and base enamelled with turquoise reserving the reign mark in underglaze-blue; the similarly decorated cover surmounted by a small globular finial
3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide, box

Exhibited

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, From the Collection of the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 19th December 1981 to 18th February 1982, p. 159

The National Museum of History, Taibei, Taiwan, 20th April to 30th May 1982.

Lot Essay

Previously sold in Hong Kong, 21 May 1979, lot 259.

An identical Qianlong-marked example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, 1989, p. 370, no. 51.

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