A gilt and silver-decorated café-au-lait ground famille-rose hexagonal vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period 清乾隆 醬地描金銀開光粉彩薊門煙樹圖雙鳳耳六方瓶 「乾隆」印

Both sides of the vase are similarly decorated with a peach-shaped panel enamelled in famille-rose with a wondrous scene of the jimen yanshu ('Misty forest in Jimen'), highlighted with two scholars walking towards pavilions set against a mountainous landscape. Both sides are inscribed with a poem verse written by the Qianlong Emperor and followed by a seal reading Qianlong.

The poem may be translated as follows:

          Looking from the South, the Imperial capital is
          surrounded by an auspicious air,
          The clouds of five colours protect the Phoenix Terrace.

Compare an almost identical vase sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2005, lot 311; and a wall vase version, sold in these rooms, 7th April 2015, lot 3123.

本品細施粉彩，醬地描金，繪薊門煙樹景，題「南望帝京佳氣繞，五雲飛護鳳凰臺」詩句。可參考一相類例，售於倫敦蘇富比2005年11月9日，編號311。另見一轎瓶例，紋飾相類，售於香港蘇富比2015年4月7日，編號3123。