

Lot 294TP
A VERY LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PEACH FESTIVAL' VASE Qianlong
15 – 16 May 2023, 10:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £44,400 inc. premium
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Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
A VERY LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'PEACH FESTIVAL' VASE
Qianlong
Of baluster form with an ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the neck flanked by a pair of phoenix-form handles, finely painted around the body with a continuous landscape depicting groups of Immortals in various postures, including the Eight Immortals, Hehe Erxian, Dongfang Shuo, the Three Star Gods, Liuhai, and Niulang and Zhinü, all within a landscape detailed with a tall balcony, gnarled pine trees, rocky cliffs, tumultuous sea, and distant mountains, below the Goddess Xiwangmu seated astride a phoenix in flight, all between a band of ruyi heads below the rim, and three bands of faux-bois, lotus scroll on a turquoise ground, and lappets above the foot.
80cm (31 1/2in) high
Of baluster form with an ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, the neck flanked by a pair of phoenix-form handles, finely painted around the body with a continuous landscape depicting groups of Immortals in various postures, including the Eight Immortals, Hehe Erxian, Dongfang Shuo, the Three Star Gods, Liuhai, and Niulang and Zhinü, all within a landscape detailed with a tall balcony, gnarled pine trees, rocky cliffs, tumultuous sea, and distant mountains, below the Goddess Xiwangmu seated astride a phoenix in flight, all between a band of ruyi heads below the rim, and three bands of faux-bois, lotus scroll on a turquoise ground, and lappets above the foot.
80cm (31 1/2in) high
Footnotes
The size and sumptuous decoration of this vase attest to the quality of craftsmanship during the Qianlong period. The scene of the Peach Festival on Mount Kunlun marks the convergence of the celestial and earthly realms to celebrate the Queen Mother of the West, Xiwangmu, and the ripening of the peaches of Immortality. For a related pair of vases, mark and period of Jiaqing, see John Ayres, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, vol. 1, pl. 690.