Lot 200
PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'LADY' WALL VASES
QING DYNASTY, JIAQING PERIOD
Auction: 13 March 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清嘉慶 粉彩仕女抱瓶壁瓶一對
each modelled as a seated lady wearing brightly coloured robes decorated with blossoming flowers and ruyi-head clouds, holding a baluster vase painted with flower heads on either right or left shoulder, both her lower legs and a tiny bound foot are revealed from the pleated skirt (2)
Dimensions
heights: 18.5cm and 19.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, London; acquired from Galerie Nicolas Fournery, Paris, each vase with a circular label from the gallery and hand-written number 'D234'
Footnote
A pair of closely comparable famille rose figural wall vases, with almost identical model and colour palette but with different decorated patterns on the cloth, dated to the late 18th to early 19th century, was sold at Christie's London, 14 November 2022, lot 532.