SEVENTEEN FAMILLE ROSE 'CORAL AND PEACOCK FEATHER VASE' FLORAL PLATES Qianlong period, circa 1740 Painted to the center with peacock feathers and coral in a vase supported on an un-scrolled painting amidst flowering peony, below cloud or pomegranate lappets at the border suspending flowers that hang into the cavetto and decorated with peony and scrolls, the reverses plain. 9in (22.7cm) diam (17). Footnotes: 乾隆時期 約1740年 粉彩牡丹紋《瓶飾珊瑚與孔雀羽毛》餐盤十七件 Published: Cohen & Cohen, A Game of Bowls, Gent, 2014, p. 102, no. 70 出版： 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《A Game of Bowls》，根特，2014年，頁102，圖版編號70 The combination of coral and peacock feathers, lingding huihuang, forms the rebus 'may you achieve the highest official rank'. Official of the first rank wore a coral knob and peacock feather on their hats. See Therese Tse Bartholemew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 107, 5.5.1 and p. 123, 5.25.4 where the author illustrates a detail from a screen depicting a Chinese vase containing peacock feathers and a branch of coral.