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

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A TURQUOISE-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE TWIN-HANDLED VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The exterior of the vase is densely decorated with colourful lotus blooms, dragons, bats and foliate scrolls, set against a turquoise ground. The neck is applied with a pair of gilt-decorated iron-red dragon handles. The base is enamelled in turquoise.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Taiwan in the early 2000s.

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Lot Essay

The vase is decorated with various symbols bearing auspicious meaning. The iconography of bats (representing happiness), scrolling lotus (representing continuity), ruyi-heads (meaning as you wish), combined with two facing dragons (symbolizing a happy reunion), can be read as ‘May happiness and reunion continue for years to come’.

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