A pair of ruby-ground famille-rose 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' altar vases (Gu), Seal marks and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 胭脂紅地粉彩纏枝蓮八吉祥紋花觚一對 《大清乾隆年製》款

A closely related vase in the Tu Huo Zhai Museum, Hangzhou, was included in the exhibition Treasures of Imperial Porcelain, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, 2001, cat. no. 130. Compare also ruby-ground examples sold at auction, the first in our London rooms, 13th July 2005, lot 267, and the second in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st-2nd June 2015, lot 676. A yellow-ground vase of this type with a Qianlong mark and of the period is in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, and included in the exhibition Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 95; a coral ground example sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2006, lot 1123 and a pair with doucai enamels sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 7th April 2015, lot 3707.