A GILT FAMILLE ROSE ‘COURT LADIES AND BOYS’ VASE, YONGZHENG PERIOD
China, 1723-1735. The globular body supported on a short straight foot and rising to a tall slender neck with a bulbous ‘garlic-head’ section below the wide flared mouth with ‘café-au-lait’ rim. Finely enameled in shades of iron-red, pink, green, blue, and yellow with gilt highlights to depict court ladies engaging young boys in playful games surrounded by antique treasures and precious objects including a ruyi scepter, coral, scrolls, jars and vases, and a finger citron. The neck decorated with shaped panels enclosing bird and flower motifs.


Provenance
: English trade.

Condition
: Very good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities including dark spots. Small nicks, tiny scratches, some rubbing and losses to gilt, minor wear to enamel.

Weight: 1,068 g
Dimensions: Height 24.3 cm

One lady is seated on a gnarled wood bench flanked by a boy and an attendant, while another supports a smiling boy standing tall on her left hand as he holds onto a flowering branch, a small white dog beside them. Especially this dog is most exquisitely painted.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 2018, lot 708
Price: USD 32,500 or approx.
EUR 37,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A famille-rose ‘ladies’ vase, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related decoration and motif. Note the different form and the much larger size (38.7 cm).




雍正時期粉彩人物場景瓶

中國，1723-1735 年。口外撇，頸部小蒜頭狀，長頸，溜肩，鼓腹，圈足。粉彩鐵紅、粉紅、綠、藍、黃等色，描繪了貴婦與小童遊戲場景，場面活潑。周圍擺著如意、珊瑚、捲軸、花瓶和佛手。頸部礬紅彩開光飾有花鳥紋。


來源：
英國古玩交易。

品相：
狀況極好，有輕微磨損和製造缺陷，包括黑點、小刻痕、細劃痕、一些鎏金磨損、琺瑯輕微磨損。

重量：1,068 克
尺寸：高 24.3 厘米

一位女士坐在一張木凳上，旁邊是一個男童和一名侍女；而另一位女士則扶著一個開心的男童站在她的左手上，男孩抓著一根開花的樹枝，旁邊有一隻小白狗。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2018年3月21日，lot 708
價格：USD 32,500（相當於今日
EUR 37,000
）
描述：清雍正粉彩仕女圖瓶
專家評論：比較非常相近的裝飾和主題。請注意不同的的外形和尺寸較大 (38.7 厘米)。