AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXQUISITELY ENAMELLED 'PHEASANTS' GLASS BOTTLE VASE BLUE ENAMEL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG the ovoid body surmounted by a tall and gently waisted neck and everted rim, the body exquisitely enamelled with a continuous scene depicting a pair of pheasants amidst lush and verdant vegetation, the male pheasant perched on a bamboo shoot whilst looking at the other pheasant on pierced jagged rockwork, the male portrayed with fiery iron-red plumage terminating in a long tail, the wing feathers finely rendered and accentuated with blue enamel, the breast picked out with yellow enamel, all below a pale blue crest atop its head, the other bird with a puce-enamelled breast, framed by finely incised green feathers, the scene further picked out with varying flowering blooms, including large pink peonies and small pink, purple and blue asters with yellow stamens, further accentuated with long bamboo shoots extending upward across the shoulder and neck of the vessel, all below a stylised band with foliate, ruyi and circular motifs encircling the mouthrim, the countersunk base inscribed in a characteristic greyish-blue enamel with a four-character reign mark 9.1 cm, 3 1/2 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND EXQUISITELY ENAMELLED 'PHEASANTS' GLASS BOTTLE VASE BLUE ENAMEL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG the ovoid body surmounted by a tall and gently waisted neck and everted rim, the body exquisitely enamelled with a continuous scene depicting a pair of pheasants amidst lush and verdant vegetation, the male pheasant perched on a bamboo shoot whilst looking at the other pheasant on pierced jagged rockwork, the male portrayed with fiery iron-red plumage terminating in a long tail, the wing feathers finely rendered and accentuated with blue enamel, the breast picked out with yellow enamel, all below a pale blue crest atop its head, the other bird with a puce-enamelled breast, framed by finely incised green feathers, the scene further picked out with varying flowering blooms, including large pink peonies and small pink, purple and blue asters with yellow stamens, further accentuated with long bamboo shoots extending upward across the shoulder and neck of the vessel, all below a stylised band with foliate, ruyi and circular motifs encircling the mouthrim, the countersunk base inscribed in a characteristic greyish-blue enamel with a four-character reign mark 9.1 cm, 3 1/2 in.
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