A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TWO-HANDLED VASE
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TWO-HANDLED VASE
Republic period, of ovoid form with a short neck flanked by blue glazed deer-head handles, painted to one side with Shoulao seated with a deer and attendant boys bearing a peach branch, the reverse with a figure riding a qilin above cloud scrolls accompanied by attendants bearing a fan, a vase and a tablet, within underglaze blue archaistic scroll borders beneath lappet and key-fret bands, the base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue. 32cm high
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE TWO-HANDLED VASE
Republic period, of ovoid form with a short neck flanked by blue glazed deer-head handles, painted to one side with Shoulao seated with a deer and attendant boys bearing a peach branch, the reverse with a figure riding a qilin above cloud scrolls accompanied by attendants bearing a fan, a vase and a tablet, within underglaze blue archaistic scroll borders beneath lappet and key-fret bands, the base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue. 32cm high
