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Lot 19936
A Chinese Canton famille rose vase decorated with figures and calligraphy, mid-19th century the body of ovoid form narrowing to a faintly concave neck, the shoulder with four applied mask and ring handles, the body decorated with two group figure scenes, one depicting the presentation of a child to Shou Lao and the other with the presentation of an archaic bronze ritual vessel to two female courtiers, all the figures with detailed enamelling to the fabric of the robes, each between elaborate gilt calligraphic inscriptions with iron red seal marks, the shoulder with confronting dragons in iron red, gilt and green enamel amidst clouds and the handles gilt, the bottom also with a band of iron red and gilt clouds, the neck with two figure groups, two children playing and a child riding astride a toad and holding a `cash`, the top rim gilt with a band of flowering lotus below, the two inscriptions describe the gathering of the Three Stars, Good Fortune (Fu), Prosperity (Lu), and Longevity (Shou) and Ma Gu, the Daoist Goddess who comes down to man`s world and gives her birthday greetings, respectively 35cm high In good condition with no restoration. Slight wear to the gilding on a few of the characters of one inscription and a very few areas of the handles.View on auctionatrium.com
