Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 174
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND GOURD-SHAPED 'BUTTERFLIES' VASE
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £5000
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Description
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE YELLOW-GROUND GOURD-SHAPED 'BUTTERFLIES' VASE, BAOFUPING
LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
Finely painted to the exterior with many butterflies in flight, decorated in relief with a ribbon detailed with gilt medallions tied around the body, all reserved on a pale lemon-yellow sgraffito ground incised with flowers, all raised on a moulded base decorated with ruyi-heads, the interior and base glazed turquoise, with a four character iron-red Qianlong mark to the base, 31.7cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, Cornwall.