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AN EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF MONUMENTAL FAMILLE ROSE AND GILT BLUE-GROUND SGRAFFITO PORCELAIN BALUSTER-SHAPED VASES, China, 18th/19th century, possibly Jiaqing period
h cm 105
Of sinuous form, the body rises to a broad rounded shoulder and tapers to a flaring neck with everted rim, finely painted with gilt-edged medallions enclosing bats, flowers, qilong, fruits and geometric motifs, all reserved on a meticulously incised deep-blue ground richly gilt with scrolling spirals forming stylised leafy scrolls; the neck and body are divided by three bright yellow-ground bands decorated with ruyi and floral motifs; the body and interior are covered with a soft turquoise glaze.
清18/19世纪（可能是嘉庆时期 ） 一对罕见的粉彩描金皮球花纹大观音瓶
来源：米兰私人收藏
Provenance: Private Collection, Milan.
Catalogue Note:
Famille rose porcelains with sgraffito grounds are characteristic of the Qing period. Their production flourished particularly between the mid-eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth century, with examples made both at the Imperial kilns and at provincial kilns, before experiencing a revival from the late nineteenth century through the period of the Republic of China.
The exceptional quality of the present decoration, together with the remarkable refinement of its manufacture, may suggest that, if not intended for the Imperial court itself, it was commissioned by a patron of considerable wealth and status.
Compare a porcelain candlestick with closely related decoration, dated to the Jiaqing period, preserved in the collection of the Shanghai Museum (link).
清18/19世纪（可能是嘉庆时期 ） 一对罕见的粉彩描金皮球花纹大观音瓶
来源：米兰私人收藏
瓶身以宝蓝色为地，以描金勾勒出细密的卷草纹锦地，其上分布着各式皮球花纹，是清代典型的吉祥题材，寓意权威与祥瑞，是典型官造风格陈设器。
它们的生产在十八世纪中叶至十九世纪初尤为繁荣，御窑和地方窑均有出产，之后在十九世纪末至民国时期再次复兴。
这件器物纹饰精美绝伦，制作工艺极为精湛，且尺寸硕大，这表明即便它并非为皇室而作，也可能是当时一位拥有相当财富和地位的人所委托制作的。
图录注释：上海博物馆藏有一件嘉庆时期的瓷烛台，其装饰与此件器物极为相似 (链接)。
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