Lot 337

CORAL-RED-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE 'CRANE' DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM BOX WITH COVER
QIANLONG MARK BUT 19TH-20TH CENTURY




Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£3,528
Description
十九至二十世紀 乾隆款 珊瑚紅地粉彩仙鶴祥雲紋瓶盒
painted overall with cranes in flight amongst auspicious clouds against a coral-red-ground, underneath the mouth flanked with two lug handles, centre of the lower bulb opening up to a box enamelled in turquoise, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in iron-red
Dimensions
24cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Renfrewshire
Footnote
A comparable example, only with the upper ‘cover’ part, but described as a ‘box vase’, dated to the Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, museum number Gu 故155037.



