A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BALUSTER-SHAPED VASE, China, Republic Period (1912-1949)

h cm 42

Finely painted with a scene set in a garden with trees, rock formations and pine trees, where several ladies present auspicious gifts to two sages enjoying tea. In the upper part of the composition, an Immortal is depicted riding a flying crane among stylised clouds. The centre of the base bears the Jurentang zhi (居仁堂製) mark in iron red, within a double square.

民国   粉彩群仙祝寿瓶    “居仁堂製”款