JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A FAMILLE ROSE LIME-GREEN-GROUND 'THREE RAMS' VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The rounded body is flanked on either side of the neck with an iron-red elephant handle and is delicately enamelled with a continuous scene depicting three rams in a garden setting, amongst pine trees, budding flowers and rockwork, all set between a border of ruyi-heads on a lime-green ground detailed with composite floral sprays. The neck is decorated on each side with an elaborate flower head surrounded by leafy tendrils on a lime-green ground. The vase is mounted as a lamp.
12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The three rams, sanyang, symbolise a change of fortune with the arrival of Spring and the New Year.

A vase with a similar decoration dated to the Daoguang period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 3229.

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