China, 19^th to early 20^th century. The vase is decorated with the spreading leafy branches of a peach tree bearing nine large fruit and numerous pink and white blossoms, the slender leaves decorated in two shades of green, the shoulder with three iron-red bats. The base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue six-character mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi.

Provenance: From an old Norwegian private collection, and thence by descent in the same family. Acquired in Qingdao, China, in 1954, by the second mate of the Oakland (Holmen & Vaboen shipping company from Kristiansand, Norway), while the ship was on a trip to deliver ore to China, and his wife, a telegraph operator. A scan of an old photograph, showing the present lot with the son of the couple, taken in the family home in 1957 or 1958, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with only minor wear and few expected firing irregularities, shallow surface scratches, the lower body with a U-shaped hairline.

Weight: 10.1 kg
Dimensions: Height 47 cm

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 29 June 2022, lot 42
Price: USD 44,100 or approx. EUR 41,000 converted at the time of writing
Description: A large famille-rose 'peach' vase (Tianqiuping), Late Qing dynasty / 20th century
Expert remark: Note the closely related size (47.3 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 24 June 2015, lot 8397
Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 25,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large famille rose Nine Peaches vase, tianqiuping, Qianlong mark, late Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Note the closely related size (48.5 cm)

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2020, lot 340
Price: HKD 250,000 or approx. EUR 30,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large famille rose ‘nine peaches’ vase, tianqiuping, late Qing dynasty-Republic period, late 19^th-early 20^th century
Expert remark: Note the related size (51.8 cm)



清末民初粉彩福壽天球瓶
中國，十九至二十世紀初。瓷胎天球瓶，直口，長頸部向下微斂，寬圓肩，碩圓腹，矮圈足。全器外壁以粉彩描繪桃枝連連、桃花錦簇，九桃飽滿，肩部有三隻紅色蝙蝠。設色雅麗，足底緣未上釉露白胎。圈足內“大清乾隆年製”青花篆書款。琺瑯彩瓷指的是使用琺瑯料，以混容中西繪法進行裝飾的瓷器，生產地位於清宮中造辦處，也稱為瓷胎畫琺瑯。洋彩瓷則是在江西景德鎮御窯廠生產，部分使用琺瑯料進行裝飾的瓷器。至於粉彩，是清末民初時對洋彩作品出現的一種新的稱呼。

來源：挪威私人收藏，在同一家族保存至今，1954年購於中國青島，由奧克蘭號的二副（來自挪威克里斯蒂安桑的 Holmen & Vaboen 航運公司）和他的妻子，一位電報員，當時這艘船正在向中國運送礦石。隨附有一張照片的掃描件，照片上有這個瓶子和這對夫婦與兒子，拍攝於 1957 年或 1958 年。
品相：狀況良好，只有輕微磨損、燒製瑕疵，較淺的表面劃痕，下半身有 U 形細裂線。

重量：10.1 公斤
尺寸：高 47 厘米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2022年6月29日，lot 42
價格：USD 44,100（相當於今日EUR 41,000）
描述：清末 / 二十世紀粉彩九桃天球瓶
專家評論：請注意非常相近 尺寸(47.3 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：舊金山邦瀚斯，2015年6月24日，lot 8397
價格：USD 22,500（相當於今日EUR 25,500）
描述：清末乾隆款粉彩九桃天球瓶
專家評論：請注意非常相近尺寸(48.5 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2020年10月8日，lot 340
價格：HKD 250,000（相當於今日EUR 30,000）
描述：晚清/民國粉彩九桃紋天球瓶
專家評論：請注意相近尺寸(51.8 厘米)。