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bodied form enamelled to the exterior with a continuous scene of a herd of deer comprising bucks, does and their young, together with those with dappled white coats, all grazing, gambolling and resting in a lush meadow landscape amidst large pine and peach trees, bamboo and lingzhi before distant mountains, reserved on a soft celadon ground, the tapering sides set with a pair of stylised dragon-handles picked out in iron-red and gilt, the base with a pseudo underglaze-blue six character Qianlong mark, fine crazing throughout, rubbing to enamels, age wear to handles48,5 cm high Deer, revered in premodern China for their agility and speed, as well as for their ability to locate lingzhi, the sacred fungus of immortality, are considered auspicious Chinese symbols of longevity. Given that the Chinese words 'deer' and 'good fortune' are homophones, the 'hundred deer' motif symbolises the coming of great wealth and power, and was a favoured theme of Emperor Qianlong (1736 - 1795).Whilst 'hundred' is used loosely to simply mean 'many', Hundred Deer vases are typically painted overall with deer, does and fawns, as well as deer with white coats - believed to be 5000 years of age - all within landscape scenes with pine and peach trees, additional symbols of longevity. Also known as 'Hundred Blessing' vases, the uninterrupted and unframed scene reads much like an unfolding handscroll painting. These vases generally have coral-red handles, as can be seen in this example.