A FINELY CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

of quatrefoil section, the baluster body resting on a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall flaring neck, each lobe of the main body carved through the red outer layer to the dark green and ochre layers with a panel enclosing a scene of figures being attended by acolytes, the neck bordered with a band of upright cicada lappets, the neck with a band of floral scroll, all between two key-fret bands encircling the lobed mouthrim and footrim, the interior and base lacquered black, with metal liner

Christie’s New York, 21st September 2000, lot 68.

The vase is impressive for its large size. Another example of this form, carved with a similar scene of figures in a landscape, is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, pl. 32; two pairs were sold in our London rooms, one pair, 24th February 1976, lot 80, and again, 1st /2nd November 1984, lot 230, and the other pair, 14th May 2014, lot 46; another pair was sold in our Monte Carlo rooms, 12th February 1979, lot 617.