A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, China, Republic period (1912-1949)

h cm 40

The globular body is painted with a continuous scene of boys at play in a garden among trees, flowers and rocks, framed by two yellow-ground bands decorated with lotus scrolls; the low circular foot is decorated with a Greek key pattern, while the base of the tall everted neck features a band of stylised petals and the flared rim a band of ruyi motifs; the centre of the base bears an apocryphal six-character Jiaqing Emperor mark in iron red.

民国    粉彩百子闹春图赏瓶