A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN CACHEPOET, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century

h cm 40,5 x d cm 32,5

Of sinuous form, with a narrow foot widening into a compressed globular body and rising to a flaring rim, it is finely painted overall with a continuous scene of figures in a garden and an interior; on the sides are two handles modelled as kirin heads enamelled in famille verte tones.