Description
of oval form, the body painted with a continuous festival scene of boys at play, some carrying flags, others carrying animal banners and riding hobby-horses, a group performing the dragon dance over a bridge, the footring decorated with keyfret border and lappets, the shoulder with ruyi border, the neck with flowerheads on lime-green ground, iron red seal mark to the base
Dimensions
19.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
The Collection of Ensign C. P. Killeen. Acquired in 1860, thence by descent.
Note:
For an example of a Jiaqing mark and period lantern vase, see Sotheby's sale in their Paris rooms, 15th December 2011, lot 304, and another in their Hong Kong room, 7th December 2010, lot 2163. For another Jiaqing example of the same shape, see Bonhams sale in their London rooms, 14th May 2015, lot 231.