A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE
A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE QIANLONG IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Exquisitely enamelled around the sides with a multitude of brightly-hued butterflies and moths of differing sizes and species in various attitudes of flight, playfully ascending, descending and frolicking amongst sprigs of morning glory, daisies, hibiscus, carnations, dianthus, gardenia, poppy, lily, peony, chrysanthemum and prunus, all scattered over an opaque pale pink ground delicately incised with feathery graviata scrolls, divided at the shoulder by a band of iron-red ruyi below fine floral scrolls picked out in blue enamel, the narrow foot encircled by a band of suspended bejewelled tassels on a yellow ground enclosed within upright petal-form panels outlined in blue, decorated with a further band of lappets on a yellow ground at the mouth, the swelling sides rising from the foot in an S-form curve to the broad angular shoulder, the tapers sharply before flaring out at the mouth and forming another sharp junction as the mouth rim inverts, the foot, shoulder, neck and mouth encircled with rich gold bands, the base covered in turquoise enamel continuing to the interior 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, box
A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE
A MAGNIFICENT IMPERIAL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE QIANLONG IRON-RED SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Exquisitely enamelled around the sides with a multitude of brightly-hued butterflies and moths of differing sizes and species in various attitudes of flight, playfully ascending, descending and frolicking amongst sprigs of morning glory, daisies, hibiscus, carnations, dianthus, gardenia, poppy, lily, peony, chrysanthemum and prunus, all scattered over an opaque pale pink ground delicately incised with feathery graviata scrolls, divided at the shoulder by a band of iron-red ruyi below fine floral scrolls picked out in blue enamel, the narrow foot encircled by a band of suspended bejewelled tassels on a yellow ground enclosed within upright petal-form panels outlined in blue, decorated with a further band of lappets on a yellow ground at the mouth, the swelling sides rising from the foot in an S-form curve to the broad angular shoulder, the tapers sharply before flaring out at the mouth and forming another sharp junction as the mouth rim inverts, the foot, shoulder, neck and mouth encircled with rich gold bands, the base covered in turquoise enamel continuing to the interior 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high, box
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