An important and very rare yellow-ground famille rose vase. iron-blue six-character sealmark and of the period (1796-1820)The vase of compressed pear-shape, elaborately decorated with four large blossoming lotus evenly spaced around the lower body below the waisted neck decorated with iron-red bats suspending a beribboned string of wan emblem, ruyi and lotus, all against a dense background of further floral decoration and interlaced leafy fronds reserved on a rich lemon-yellow ground, the neck surmounted by an out-curved mouth rim with shaped edge decorated with ruyi head, corresponding to the ruyi decoration on the body, all raised on a slender tapering foot decorated with overlapping petals. Measurement : 28 cm Condition Report : intact Country of Origin : iran Estimate : $3,500 - $4,500 Visit & Bid : http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/23220748_an-important-chinese-yellow... Full Auction Catalog : http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/48632_ancient-islamic-arts-coins-...