A FINE FAMILLE ROSE 'NINE PEACH' VASE

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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE 'NINE PEACH' VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The globular body finely enamelled with two leafy blossoming branches partially covered with lichen, each bearing clusters of ripe speckled peaches, the blossoms and buds with delicate yellow centres, the details outlined in black, small losses to enamels
19 3/4in. (50.2cm.) high

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Cf. similar vases in the National Palace Museum, Taibei, illustrated in the Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, Ch'ien Lung and Other Wares, pl. 27; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by Valenstein, Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, pl. 165; in the Tokyo National Museum, Catalogue no. 640; in the British Museum, illustrated by Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, pl. LXV; and in the de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, illustrated in the Brundage Collection Catalogue, pl. LXXV.

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