Lot Essay
Compare a related famille rose bottle vase, also with a Qianlong mark and painted with peony, sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st - 2nd November 1994, lot 191
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IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
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A FAMILLE ROSE 'PEONY' BOTTLE VASE
IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
Well enamelled with five large peony flowers blossoming from leafy stems growing from the base below two butterflies, reserved on a white sgraffiato ground, the interior and the base glazed turquoise, rim chip and associated crack
11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) high
IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD
Well enamelled with five large peony flowers blossoming from leafy stems growing from the base below two butterflies, reserved on a white sgraffiato ground, the interior and the base glazed turquoise, rim chip and associated crack
11 7/8 in. (30.3 cm.) high
Special notice
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