清嘉慶 粉紅地粉彩軋道福壽雙全紋瓶 《大清嘉慶年製》款

the compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot to a long slender neck and slightly flared rim, brightly painted around the exterior with stylised scrolling lotus, shou characters and flying bats all against a pink ground, between a ruyi pendant border at the rim and a band of upright lappets rising from floral foliates at the foot, the base and interior glazed turquoise, the base with a seal mark in iron red 

The vase is in very good condition with the exception of light small glaze scratches.
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本瓶粉彩工藝精美，故此或屬嘉慶登位首十年間，乾隆瓷匠仍具影響力之時。比較一乾隆款作例，尺寸稍大，但器形相近，飾胭脂紅軋道錦地蓮紋，售於香港蘇富比1985年11月20日，編號144。 瓶身紋飾寓意吉祥，如金字壽字紋配蝙蝠紋飾，寄福壽雙全美意，如意頭紋飾，祝願稱心如意。比較嘉慶例，器形相近，尺寸較大，瓶頸及瓶身飾蝙蝠如意頭及蓮紋，瓶肩飾葉紋及多彩線條，書「崇明堂製」款，售於紐約佳士得1983年6月24日，編號1043，後易手於香港蘇富比2002年10月30日，編號256。