MASSIVE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOREIGN TRIBUTE BEARERS' VASE
QING DYNASTY
£2,520
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 粉彩胭脂紫地通景進寶圖螭龍耳大瓶
the tapered cylindrical body below a waisted neck and flaring rim with stylised flowerheads amongst scrolling foliage on a ruby ground, flanked with two pale blue chi-dragon handles, the central band painted with a continuous scene of foreigners on horses, extraordinary animals, and foot travellers through a dramatic shanshui landscape, they hold in their hands precious produce and objects, including vases with ruyi, coral, jewels, fruits and many others, further loaded with valuable gifts in carrying poles and wheeled carts as tributes, the base unglazed
Dimensions
76cm high
Footnote
Compare to a pair of slightly smaller vases, 68cm high each, with similar decorations but on yellow ground, further with a Jiaqing mark and of the period, sold at Christie's London, 15 May 2012, lot 318.