A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE CONDIMENT POT AND COVER

FOUR CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

The square-section lobed body decorated in enamels, underglaze blue and gilt, finely painted with scholars and their attendants in fenced gardens, the scenes contained between moulded bands of ruyi-heads and stylised lappets, all raised on a flared foot shaped as four ruyi-heads, the interior and base glazed turquoise, the cover decorated with floral motifs and surmounted by a finial highlighted in gilt, together with a fitted wood stand pierced with foliate scrolls, 5.5cm across. (3)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Ambassador Richard Mayer von Achenbach (1883-1956).