the tall trumpet-form vase decorated with colorful pheasant among bamboo and peonies on a yellow ground, the rim of the flared neck gilded, the interior with a band of polychrome Ruyi head lappets, with green cypher mark of Alexander II

overall very good condition; some rubbing to gilding around the trumpet-form rim consistent with age and handling, also with two tiny spots of glaze loss
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For comparison, see Baron N. Wolf (V. Znamenov, ed.), Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 609. Imperial manufactory artists had access to a rich museum and library; the painter of the offered lot obviously relied on a composition of pheasant and peonies symbolizing familial happiness and wealth, probably Qianlong period, and various famille jaune wares in the factory museum.