SB-718 · Ceramics

Famille-rose palace vase

Qianlong period, 18th century · Chinese, for the Western trade

$164,000

One of one. Price is firm unless Sally says otherwise in person.

A baluster vase painted with peonies and phoenixes, the kind made for a grand room rather than a mantel. It stood in a Detroit collection from the 1960s. The old collection label is in the file, not glued back onto the foot.

Materials

Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilt

Size

24 in high

Condition

The rim is unchipped. A faint firing line inside the neck is original to the pot, not a crack. No restoration under the glaze.