AN UNUSUAL 'FAMILLE ROSE' AND GOLD-DECORATED VASE WITH MOLDED DESIGN PROBABLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD

the pear-shaped body well painted with two circular medallions in famille-rose enamels showing exotic bids amidst luxuriant peonies, magnolia and prunus, reserved on a cobalt blue ground embellished with gilt foliate scrolls, repeated in a band encircling the neck between molded wanfret bands in lime green, flanked by arched gilt painted ruyi-scepter handles, each suspending yellow rope-twist tassels strung with double-fish, wan emblems and chimes, the neck molded with upright leaf lappets in lime green repeated as pendent lappets on the splayed foot above an iron-red and gilt key band, the interior and base glazed turquoise, with a six-character iron-red seal mark of Qianlong

It appears the foot has been detached from the body just below the narrow gilt border at the top, probably at the point where it was originally luted to the body. It is now reaffixed but with no overspray or paint along the break which is clearly visible on the exterior. There is slight rubbing on the gilding of the rim and handles. There are very small frits to the enamel on the yellow rope handles and also some tiny pin-head frit to the swastika symbols.
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A group of vases each bearing six-character Qianlong seal marks and of the period, show decorative elements that are related to the unusual present example, compare The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelains of Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille-Rose Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, vol. 30, in particular the pear-shaped vase with the cobalt and gilt ground and the iron-red key band on the base, ibid., cat. no. 156, as well as the ruyi-scepter tasseled handles, ibid., cat. no. 118.