A FAMILLE ROSE 'SHEPHERD' SGRAFFITO GROUND LANTERN VASE

A FAMILLE ROSE 'SHEPHERD' SGRAFFITO GROUND LANTERN VASE
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period
The ovoid body gently rising to a waisted neck with a flared mouth and gilt-decorated rim, the sides painted with a scene of Su Wu the lonely shepard, sitting by a barren tree, with three three goats on a patch of grass surrounded by rocks and shrubs, against white and pale pink mottled sgraffito ground incised with blossoms and foliate scrolls, all supported on a short, neatly-trimmed foot ring, a six-character Qianlong seal mark in iron-red reserved against the turquoise glaze covering the foot and inside of the mouth.
15 7/8in (40.5cm) high