Vase en porcelaine de la famille rose Chine, Dynastie Qing, marque et époque Daoguang (1821-1850)

en forme de lanterne, avec un court col droit, le pourtour à décor polychrome sur fond rose de rinceaux et lotus, chauve-souris et symboles shou, une bande de ruyi jaune et fleurettes autour du col, une frise de grecques bleu ciel autour du pied, la base circulaire émaillée turquoise avec marque zhuanshu de l'empereur Daoguang en rouge sur couverte

A tiny 5mm chip restored to the rim, some rubbing to the gilding around the mouth rim, a 2 mm loss to the pink enamel around the neck, some light wear to the surface, otherwise in excellent condition.
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A famille-rose vase of this type, decorated with bats and shou characters amidst lotus on a lime-green ground, was sold in our London rooms, 17^th December 1996, lot 164; and another vase and cover of the Daoguang period, was also sold in our London rooms, 13^th December 1983, lot 288.

For the inspiration of this jar see a covered lantern vase decorated with floral scrollwork on a turquoise-ground, with a Jiaqing reign mark and of the period, illustrated in W. G. Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1902, pl. 863; and another Jiaqing vase illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.173.