Lot description
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND MAGNIFICENT ROBIN'S EGG AND FAMILLE-ROSE REVOLVING VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE. ingeniously crafted from three separate pieces fitted together, the freely turning body of globular form covered allover in a finely mottled turquoise and purple glaze, set between a ruby-ground neck and foot, the flared neck defly painted with scattered torch ginger lilies and lotus flowers borne on acathus leaf stems reserved on a sgraffiato feather ground incised through the ruby ground, flanked by a pair high-relief elephant-head handles, above a pendent ruyi- lappet collar, the foot similarly decorated with an upright ruyi- lappet skirt and detached floral sprigs, constructed with an tall cylindrical interior vase rising from the base and pinned to the interior wall of the neck, the mouth and base enamelled in turquoise with details trimmed in gold, the base with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue 40 cm., 15 3/4 in.
