A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase

A rare Chinese lime-green ground famille rose vase

Reference: ART1002984

The vase beautifully enamelled with leafy lotus blossoms below upward-facing iron-red bats interspersed with shou (longevity) and shuangxi (double happiness) characters below the Three Abundances: pomegranate, peach and finger citron. The design is all reserved on a lime-green ground, above lotus-petal lappets and a floral scroll to the foot. The base is glazed turquoise with the iron-red seal mark.

Provenance: By repute from a Scottish noble house, the contents sold in the 1990s.

Catalogue notes: The decoration on this vase is relatively rare, in particularly with in combination with the form of the bottle vase. The inspiration of this design comes from Qianlong-period examples, some of which have are in museum collections, such as the one illustrated in 'The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration', Hong Kong, 1999, pl.123.

There have been two Jiaqing-marked examples of this exact decoration sold as ovoid jars, once at Bonhams London, 13 May 2010, lot 196, and at Sotheby's New York, 16 September 2009, lot 233.

Two Jiaqing-period lime-green ground bottle vases with a related decoration have been sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3640 and Christie's London, 18 June 2002, lot 231.