Lot 186

CHINESE IRON-RED-DECORATED 'HOLY WATER' VASE
POSSIBLY QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD


Auction: 10 September 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
或爲清乾隆 礬紅彩纏枝蓮紋甘露瓶
the tall cylindrical neck encircled by a collar featuring bands of key-fret, florets, lappets and ruyi, the tapering ovoid body decorated with lotus sprays between bands of upright leaf tips and lotus petals, supported on a broad domed foot encircled by a band of petal lappets
Dimensions
22.5cm high
Footnote
A comparable iron-red holy water vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 September 2022, lot 373.

