QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS WITHIN RECTANGLES IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PAIR OF SMALL PAINTED ENAMEL YELLOW-GROUND BOTTLE VASES
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARKS WITHIN RECTANGLES IN BLUE ENAMEL AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each vase is flanked with two phoenix-handles at the neck and decorated on the bulbous body with two cartouche panels enclosing immortals, further surrounded by flower sprays.
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Bluett & Sons, London, 1 December 1955 (Fig. 1)
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. (X)192

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Lot Essay

Compare a painted enamel bottle vase similar in size, decoration composition and palette, but with cloud-shaped handles and different figures depicted within the panels, bearing a Qianlong four-character seal mark, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 5, Beijing, 2011, p. 102, no. 69. (Fig. 2)

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