Lot 1511
  • 1511

A 'EUROPEAN SUBJECT' VASE REPUBLIC PERIOD |

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Height 6 1/8 in., 15.7 cm
of square section, the tapering body painted in a combination of grisaille and polychrome enamels, two of the sides with European landscape scenes, the other two with elegantly-attired European ladies, one carrying a small child, the underside with an apocryphal Qianlong mark in blue enamel 

Provenance

Collection of Shù„ichi Taji.

Exhibited

Shù„ichi Taji, Shindai no jiki / Porcelain of the Ch'ing dynasty. Chinese, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 42.

Condition

In overall good condition with minor rubbing to the enamels and surface wear.
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