A large and rare Imperial famille rose lime-ground 'hundred boys' vase, Zun

A large and rare Imperial famille rose lime-ground 'hundred boys' vase, Zun
Jiaqing Iron-red seal mark and of the period
The vase of baluster form supported on a slightly-flared foot and rising to a waisted neck, brightly enamelled around the body with a continuous scene of 'The Hundred Boys' playing in an elegant garden, some flying kites, playing the dragon dance and musical instruments, others riding hobby horses and holding lanterns and fire crackers, all on a lime ground decorated with a profusion of interlocking tendrils issuing blossoming lotus interspersed with the Eight Auspicious Emblems and bats, the foot encircled by a pink key-fret band, the interior and base turquoise, the base with a six-character iron-red seal mark within a white cartouche. 51cm (20in) high. (2).