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JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
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A FAMILLE ROSE ‘DRAGON’ VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The vase has an ovoid body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall waisted neck and flared lipped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of coral ground ruyi handles resting elegantly on the lower neck, the exterior of the vessel decorated with two pairs of dragons flanking peony blooms borne on meandering foliate scrolls further issuing delicately picked out blossoms, including clusters of hydrangea and lotus blooms, the detail all picked out in delicately shaded tones of blue, pink, green and yellow against a white ground, the rim decorated with a scrolling ruyi band below the gilt rim, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, the base centred with an iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche.
12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm.) high, box
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The vase has an ovoid body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall waisted neck and flared lipped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of coral ground ruyi handles resting elegantly on the lower neck, the exterior of the vessel decorated with two pairs of dragons flanking peony blooms borne on meandering foliate scrolls further issuing delicately picked out blossoms, including clusters of hydrangea and lotus blooms, the detail all picked out in delicately shaded tones of blue, pink, green and yellow against a white ground, the rim decorated with a scrolling ruyi band below the gilt rim, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, the base centred with an iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche.
12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 11 December 1990, lot 418
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai