A LARGE IMPERIAL ALOESWOOD SQUARE VASE
A LARGE IMPERIAL ALOESWOOD SQUARE VASE

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A LARGE IMPERIAL ALOESWOOD SQUARE VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of square cross-section with tapered sides, one main facetted panel carved in shallow relief with dwellings in a river-landscape scene within a key-fret border, the reverse side similarly decorated with a fisherman standing on an embankment holding a fishing rod above water, observed by his companion squatting near a rocky boulder, all below the sloping facetted shoulder, each facet with a pair of confronted chilong, below overlapping plantain leaves on the neck, the mouth rim decorated with a band of key-fret, repeated on the splayed foot, the surfaces lacquered
19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, wood stand, box

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