Beschreibung:

AN EXQUISITE MINIATURE 'FAMILLE ROSE' YELLOW-GROUND SGRAFFIATO VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG of meiping form with broad sloping shoulders tapering sharply, meticulously painted in famille-rose enamels with a large stylised Indian lotus flower on each side encircled by feathery acanthus leaves borne from subordinate lotus blooms above and below, all reserved on a pale lemon yellow ground deftly incised through the enamelling with scrolls echoing the painted acanthus leaves, the shoulders set with a pair of raised iron-red and gilt lion masks, each clutching gilt painted loose-ring handles, all between a blue key-fret collar around the neck and sky blue upright lappets containing florets skirting the foot, the base marked with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue reserved on a turquoise ground, the interior of the neck further enameled in turquoise and the mouth and footrim finished off with gilding 11CM., 4 1/4 IN.