A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED DEER’ HU-FORM VASES, GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED DEER’ HU-FORM VASES
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each vase is decorated with a herd of deer and their young, grazing, gamboling and resting in a lush landscape of pine and peach trees and a meandering stream flowing through blue-shaded rock formations from high mountains in the distance. On the shoulders, each side is flanked with realistically modelled deer-head handles. The base of each is inscribed with an apocryphal Qianlong six-character mark in iron-red.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED DEER’ HU-FORM VASES
GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each vase is decorated with a herd of deer and their young, grazing, gamboling and resting in a lush landscape of pine and peach trees and a meandering stream flowing through blue-shaded rock formations from high mountains in the distance. On the shoulders, each side is flanked with realistically modelled deer-head handles. The base of each is inscribed with an apocryphal Qianlong six-character mark in iron-red.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR