A rose-verte moulded square vase. Yongzheng period (1723-35)

The square tapering body moulded to each side with 'the hundred antiques', between shaped cartouches enclosing peony and chrysanthemum blooms reserved on a dense foliage ground to the spreading foot and shoulder, the flaring neck moulded with further antiques between key-fret bands. 18 in. (45.5 cm.) high. Est. £10,000 - £15,000 - Price realised £16,250

Notes: Compare a very similar vase but decorated with moulded figures which is in the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, illustrated by Anthony du Boulay, The Taft Museum: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, no. 1931.92, p. 648.

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