A RARE AND FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE CONG-FORM VASE WITH FIGURAL PANELS

A RARE AND FINELY DECORATED FAMILLE ROSE CONG-FORM VASE WITH FIGURAL PANELS

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of rectangular section, each side is finely painted with a figural scene framed by a gilt archaistic dragon scroll border, between bands of keyfret on the foot and underneath the lipped mouth, and bats flying amidst clouds on the waisted neck. Three panels feature a richly attired lady and her attendants in an interior or garden scene and the fourth is decorated with a seated lady playing the sanxian for an elderly man in a landscape.

12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) high