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IRON-RED JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED 'BOYS' VASES
IRON-RED JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
Each vase with a globular body and angled shoulder rising to a tall tapering neck, all supported on a short foot, moulded with five boys climbing and clambering over vase, decorated with a wide band of lotus and scrolling foliage on a ruby-red sgraffiato ground, the shoulder with an archaistic stylised dragon band below a further band of lotus on a lemon-yellow ground between lappets and ruyi, the interior and base enamelled turquoise
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)
IRON-RED JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARKS AND POSSIBLY OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
Each vase with a globular body and angled shoulder rising to a tall tapering neck, all supported on a short foot, moulded with five boys climbing and clambering over vase, decorated with a wide band of lotus and scrolling foliage on a ruby-red sgraffiato ground, the shoulder with an archaistic stylised dragon band below a further band of lotus on a lemon-yellow ground between lappets and ruyi, the interior and base enamelled turquoise
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Gifted to a family member in 1973 who was an ambassador in Beijing
Special notice
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