Lot Essay
Compare with a Yongzheng mark and period bowl finely enamelled with a closely related phoenix amid multi-coloured peonies, illustrated by Wang-go Weng and Yang Boda The Palace Museum: Peking, fig. 40.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A VERY RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PHEASANT' VASE
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A VERY RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PHEASANT' VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The globular body enamelled with two pheasants staring at each other and standing on rockwork beside flowering pink and yellow peonies, white magnolia and daisies, the reverse with a butterfly above two iron-red bats, some enamel flakes retouched
20 5/8in. (52.5cm.) high, box
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The globular body enamelled with two pheasants staring at each other and standing on rockwork beside flowering pink and yellow peonies, white magnolia and daisies, the reverse with a butterfly above two iron-red bats, some enamel flakes retouched
20 5/8in. (52.5cm.) high, box