A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID JAR

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID JAR
LATE QING/REPUBLIC PERIOD

The bulbous body colourfully painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with two birds in a luxuriant garden, with large peonies, chrysanthemum and branches of flowering prunus issuing from rockwork; between a border of iron-red ruyi heads around the rim and a band of lappets above the foot, 13cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).