A coral-ground gilt-decorated 'bats and lotus' quatrefoil vase, Jiaqing six-character seal mark in iron-red and of the period


Lot 176. A coral-ground gilt-decorated 'bats and lotus' quatrefoil vase, Jiaqing six-character seal mark in iron-red and of the period (1796-1820); 9 in. (23 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 375,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019
Provenance: Sold at Christie's London, 3 November 2009, lot 272.
Note: Compare with several similarly decorated Jiaqing-marked vases of differing shapes in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2009, nos. 166-169.
Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including the Quek Kiok Lee Collection, Hong Kong, 9 October 2019