Lot Essay
A very similar pair of massive green-ground vases dated to the Guangxu period (1875-1908), were sold at Christie's King Street, 9 November 2010, lot 342.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE CORAL-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE BOTTLE VASE
19TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to the baluster body and cylindrical neck with lotus heads, shou characters, Buddhist symbols, pomegranates and bats, divided by a band of ruyi-heads and endless knots suspending jewels on the shoulder. The foot is decorated with a double lappet band. The base has an apocryphal six-character Hongwu seal mark.
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to the baluster body and cylindrical neck with lotus heads, shou characters, Buddhist symbols, pomegranates and bats, divided by a band of ruyi-heads and endless knots suspending jewels on the shoulder. The foot is decorated with a double lappet band. The base has an apocryphal six-character Hongwu seal mark.
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high
Special notice
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