Rare Incised-Ground Famille Rose Vase, Qianlong Mark & Period



This is a very rare and beautiful famille rose vase from the Qianlong period. The vase has a finely potted globular body supported on a straight foot, tapering gracefully to a tall waisted neck below a flared mouth. The globular body is delicately enameled with four panels of flower roundels surrounded by butterflies and lotus vines. The neck and the body are bordered by repeated Ruyi and leaf motif in raised white enamel enhanced by blue, aubergine, pink, and yellow colors. The foot is decorated with fine flower and vine motif in puce enamel. A band of flower border in green ground and a band of puce enamel lappets circle around the shoulder and the lower neck. The reserve ground is covered with light yellow enamel and elaborately incised with continuous vine in a sgraffiato manner. The resulting vase is a sumptuous vessel befitting the Imperial interior. The mouth was originally gilded and now mostly rubbed off. The interior and the base inside the foot ring are glazed white. The foot rim is unglazed and shows the silky smooth porcelain body. The base is inscribed with a six-character Qianlong Imperial mark in underglaze blue. This fine Imperial famille rose vase is in excellent condition except for minor surface enamel wear. Incidentally, a pair of vases from the Stringer Collection which is similar to this vase was sold on eBay last month. The item number was 350014687101, which received 65 bids.
size: height: 23.5cm; body diameter: 14.6cm; mouth rim diameter: 5.6cm; foot rim diameter: 7.3cm

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