It is finely painted across the entire body with lush and intricate branches, adorned with large fruits, surrounded by opulent pink and white blossoms and luxuriant, slender leaves in two shades of green. At the center of the base is an apocryphal six-character overglaze red mark of the Qianlong Emperor.
Provenance: Private collection, Munich.
Catalogue notes:
See the smaller vase sold at Christie's, live auction 17144, *Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art*, November 5, 2019, lot no. 198.
粉彩寿桃纹天球瓶,中国,清十九世纪