A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'MANDARIN DUCKS' BOTTLE VASE

PROBABLY REPUBLIC PERIOD

Brightly painted with alternate cartouches containing leafy branches and ducks in a lotus pond, all set against a scrolling foliate lotus ground, with ruyi-head borders around the rim and shoulder, lappets encircling the foot, the base with a six character Guangxu mark in underglaze blue, 46.3 cm.