A RARE TURQUOISE-ENAMELED SLIP-DECORATED VESSEL JIAQING SEAL MARK AND PERIOD |

of compressed double-gourd form raised on four low ruyi-shaped feet, decorated in white slip relief around the upper and lower section with detached formalized lotus blossoms divided by scrolling leafy florets at the waist all on a turquoise ground, the base inscribed in iron red with a six-character seal mark reserved in a white square, the rim gilt

There is an approx. 0.4 cm flake chip to one foot. There are two smaller flake chips to another foot, possibly original to manufacture. There is general wear to the surface and some minor firing imperfections, including several faint dark lines to the exterior.
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Vessels of this shape are extremely rare, however a coral-ground gilt-decorated vessel of a very similar form and size, attributed to the Qianlong period, was sold at Christie's New York, 26th March 2003, lot 271. Compare a Jiaqing triple-gourd vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Liu Lian-yu, Ch’ing Official and Popular wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 252 (top left); a globular vase from the Weishaupt Collection, included in the exhibition From The Dragon’s Treasure, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1987, cat. no. 17; a lobed washer sold in these rooms, 23rd October 2005, lot 538; and a bottle vase from the Alfred Morrison Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 9th November 2004, lot 54.