A LARGE AND MOLDED FAMILLE ROSE ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’ BALUSTER VASE, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The body molded and applied with various auspicious items and scholar’s objects in high relief, including archaistic bronze vessels, butterflies, bats, and gourds, interspersed with floral sprays, the waisted neck flanked by two lingzhi handles, the neck and foot decorated with a diaper pattern and geometric bands, the interior of the mouth with three branches bearing peaches.Provenance: French trade. By repute acquired from a private estate in the region of Lille, France.Condition: Presenting remarkably well with some natural wear and expected firing irregularities, minor fritting and minuscule chips, small hairlines to the base, the rim with an old repair. The wood base with expected natural age cracks and small nicks.Weight: 7.1 kg (incl. base)Dimensions: Height 60.2 cm (excl. base), 66.5 cm (incl. base)With a fitted wood base. (2)Literatureparison:Compare a related yellow ground ‘hundred antiques’ vase, illustrated in Theplete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, vol. 39, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 285, no. 254.Auction resultparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie’s London, 9 September 2015, lot 518Price: GBP 13,750 or approx.EUR 20,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A pair of Chinese famille rose ‘hundred antiques’ vases, 19th centuryExpert remark:pare the related design and size (61 cm). Note that this lotprises two vases but lacks the molded relief workpletely.清代大型粉彩博古紋堆塑雙耳瓶中國，十九世紀。此瓶敞口，直頸，溜肩，直筒腹，脛部內收，圈足外撇。器身白地粉彩堆塑博古紋，疏朗排列，瓷瓶、擺件、盆景等，繪筆細緻，古雅氣質。此瓶胎質潔白細膩，形制端雅，繁複堆塑，風格別致。