Lot Essay
An identical vase is in the collection of the Palace Museum, illustrated in Falangcai, Fencai, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 255.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A RARE FAMILLE ROSE LEMON-YELLOW-GROUND DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
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A RARE FAMILLE ROSE LEMON-YELLOW-GROUND DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Finely painted around the double-gourd-shaped body with an attractive design of butterflies flying amidst branches of budding and flowering peony intertwined with leafy branches bearing yellow berries, beside narcissus, all against a bright lemon-yellow-enamelled ground, the mouth rim encircled by a key-fret band and the base inscribed in iron-red Chang Chun Yong Qing, 'Eternal Joy and Enduring Spring' (rim chip restored)
8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.) high, box
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Finely painted around the double-gourd-shaped body with an attractive design of butterflies flying amidst branches of budding and flowering peony intertwined with leafy branches bearing yellow berries, beside narcissus, all against a bright lemon-yellow-enamelled ground, the mouth rim encircled by a key-fret band and the base inscribed in iron-red Chang Chun Yong Qing, 'Eternal Joy and Enduring Spring' (rim chip restored)
8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm.) high, box