Lot 347. A large famille rose lime-green ground double-gourd vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red and of the period (1736-1795); 15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high, box. Estimate: 1,000,000 - HKD 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,250,000 HKD. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.

painted around the steep sides with the 'Three Abundances', each rendered borne on a leafy gnarled branch, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: The Norwegian Honorary Consul of Hong Kong, Arne (1877-1925) and Severine (1882-1969) Schou Soerensen Collection, acquired in East Asia between 1906 and 1917.