A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE FAHUA-STYLE JAR AND COVER

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Lot 2722 | A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE FAHUA-STYLE JAR AND COVER
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE FAMILLE ROSE FAHUA-STYLE JAR AND COVERQIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)The baluster jar is finely decorated with a scene depicting white egrets in a lotus pond, all above a band of crashing waves to the foot. The neck is decorated with large scrolling clouds above a band of ruyi-heads and an elaborate band of tassels suspending from the shoulder. All outlines are finely gilded and raised against a rich sapphire-blue ground. The domed cover is similarly decorated with an egret and lotus pond scene enclosing the bud-shaped finial.18 in. (45.7 cm) high Provenance Collection of the J.T. Tai FoundationSold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 21 May 1985, lot 26Collection of Mary Porter WalshSold at Sotheby's New York, 28-29 November 1994, lot 375 Literature Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 118-121, no. 42 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1997 - 2020
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