A FINE AND VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE MARBLED-GROUND LANTERN VASE AND COVER

A FINE AND VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE MARBLED-GROUND LANTERN VASE AND COVER

IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)



The cylindrical body decorated with two evenly spaced landscape panels, each decorated with enamels in shades of translucent green, yellow, purple and iron-red tones to depict figures in various pursuits amidst dwellings, situated by the river and distant rocky mountains within a gilt border, reserved on a ground enamelled in sepia and grisaille to imitate marble, the vase is supported on a short cylindrical foot ring encircling the base enamelled in turquoise reserving the iron-red reign mark; the cover similarly decorated, surmounted by a bud-shaped finial

8 in.(20.3 cm.) high overall, wood stand, box