A Lime-Green Ground Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle Vase

JIAQING MARK

嘉慶款綠地粉彩福壽三多番蓮紋撇口瓶
the globular body rising to a waisted neck and gilt decorated flaring rim, painted with a dense design of lotus, peach, hand citrons, pomegranate, pendant bats, butterflies, florets and endless knots interspersed on a lime ground between a small border of ruyi heads at the rim and a band of pink key-fret at the foot, the interior and the underside glazed turquoise, bearing a Jiaqing six-character iron red mark.

Height 12 in., 30.48 cm

Property from a Private Chicago Collection

By repute, acquired from the Collection of Lois Hutcherson, Colorado, purchased in Japan in the 1930's, thence by descent

Overall good and complete condition, with no visible chips or restoration. Minor rubbing of gilt on the mouth rim. Light crazing in the glaze. A shallow hairline running from the mouth to upper neck, running approximately 0.75 inches. Two short and shallow cracks in the glaze on the underside near the marking. Some dirt and dust residue to the interior.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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A Lime-Green Ground Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle Vase

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