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Size: H23.6cm

Signed and dated: Qianlong Period，Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 2,000,000

Qianlong Six-Character Mark
Decorated in monochrome pink enamel， the vase is of archaistic bronze form in almond shape. The body angled at the widest point， with a wide everted neck with flat handles in the shape of stylized elephant’s heads with vertical flanges in between， rests on a splayed foot. The body divided into eight panels by a strapwork of rased bands with lozenge-shaped bosses at the intersections， decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems tied with ribbons and matched with different flowers； the strapwork bears stylized archaistic dragons and roundels， with florets on the bosses. The foot has a ruyi border， all in bright rose-pink enamel. The base inscribed with a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue.

ILLUSTRATED
Regina Krahl， Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection， London， 1994-2010， vol.2， no.956