A FAMILLE-ROSE 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' HANDLED VASE MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAQING

the pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, flanked by a pair of iron-red mythical beast loop handles, each rendered with a long curved gilded tongue lolling out, painted around the exterior in a soft famille-rose palette with a continuous scene of eight European figures set in an idyllic setting with large verdant trees and European architecture, including a lady looking at a dog while holding onto the arm of a gentleman while he converses with another gentleman, two further gentlemen conversing with each other while sitting on the grassy ground with a lady holding a tray of fruits above her head in the background, a further lady looking endearingly at a young boy standing behind her, all between borders of floral diapers encircling the rim and the foot, the base inscribed with an iron-red four-character reign mark, wood stand

Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).

There is rubbing to the gilding on the loop handles as visible on the photo and a few small imperfections in the glaze including a minute iron spot under the rim and minor specks on the interior, but overall the vase is in very good condition.
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Compare a Jiaqing mark and period vase decorated with European landscapes in panels, sold at Christie’s London, 5th October 1970, lot 78; and another with an apocryphal Jiaqing mark, attributed to the Guangxu period (1875-1908), sold in our London rooms, 5th February 1981, lot 53.

European landscapes are more commonly found adorning vessels created during the Qianlong period; see a vase decorated with a European landscape enclosed within circular panels, exhibited in From the Dragon’s Treasure, Museum Für Kunsthandwerk, Berlin, 1987, cat. no. 203; and another example sold in our Los Angeles rooms, 29th October 1973, lot 65.