A Magnificent and Highly Important Yangcai Reticulated Vase Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong Matching Record Dated to the 12th Day of The 8th Month in the 7th Year of The Qianlong Period (Corresponding to 1742) [2880 x 4190]
A Magnificent and Highly Important Yangcai Reticulated Vase Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong Matching Record Dated to the 12th Day of The 8th Month in the 7th Year of The Qianlong Period (Corresponding to 1742) [2880 x 4190]
“A superbly potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted neck below an elaborately overhanging cusped ruyi collar at the rim, the neck flanked by a pair of gilt sinuous dragon handles and opulently decorated with three friezes divided by gilt bands, each frieze enclosing symmetrically arranged luxuriant flower garlands composed of stylised blooms and Rococo-inspired whimsical undulating acanthus leaves with feathery fronds, all against a rich puce ground picked out with scrollwork rendered with needle-fine sgraffiato engraving, the puce-ground floral design meticulously repeated along the lower body and foot, the prominent and rounded lower section of the body ingeniously modelled with a celadon-reticulated wall of interlaced dragons, interspersed with archaistic bird and bat-like motifs, all emphasised with gilt borders, the intricately carved wall revealing an inner vase decorated in shaded tones of cobalt blue with nine succulent peaches borne on leafy branches, all between lime-green bands of detached florets flanked by scrolling foliage encircling the ruyi collar at the rim and the foot, the base enamelled turquoise and centred with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark reserved in a white square.” [Sotheby’s](https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2020/the-harry-garner-reticulated-vase-hk0940/lot.1.html?locale=en)
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“A superbly potted with a pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted neck below an elaborately overhanging cusped ruyi collar at the rim, the neck flanked by a pair of gilt sinuous dragon handles and opulently decorated with three friezes divided by gilt bands, each frieze enclosing symmetrically arranged luxuriant flower garlands composed of stylised blooms and Rococo-inspired whimsical undulating acanthus leaves with feathery fronds, all against a rich puce ground picked out with scrollwork rendered with needle-fine sgraffiato engraving, the puce-ground floral design meticulously repeated along the lower body and foot, the prominent and rounded lower section of the body ingeniously modelled with a celadon-reticulated wall of interlaced dragons, interspersed with archaistic bird and bat-like motifs, all emphasised with gilt borders, the intricately carved wall revealing an inner vase decorated in shaded tones of cobalt blue with nine succulent peaches borne on leafy branches, all between lime-green bands of detached florets flanked by scrolling foliage encircling the ruyi collar at the rim and the foot, the base enamelled turquoise and centred with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark reserved in a white square.” [Sotheby’s](https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2020/the-harry-garner-reticulated-vase-hk0940/lot.1.html?locale=en)