ID 432440
Lot 160 | A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FIGURAL' BALUSTER VASE
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase is finely decorated in bright enamels with a continuous scene depicting an elegant lady carrying a vase and empty basket addressing a fisherman with a long staff slung over his shoulders, watched by a robed gentleman sipping wine on a riverboat with his wife and small child to his side, a pink jacket strung out on a pole drying in the wind behind them. The reverse is decorated with a bold design of a large plantain tree and rocks and the neck is further embellished with a wrapped qin and censer.
15 1/8 in. (38.2 cm.) high
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Auction house category: | Vases and vessels |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Auction house category: | Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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