Baluster shape with twin dragon handles, painted around the body in bright famille rose colours depicting a vivid scene with figures from a Chinese classic novel. Height 86 cm.
Old restaruation to handles, retouched chip to rim.
From the collection of Maj and Carl-Gustav Berqvist, Moholm, Sverige. Purchased in the 1960's. Thence by descent.
With a collector’s label to the base.
Large-scale vases with impressive decoration came to prominence in the Qianlong reign, and the tradition carried on in the 19th century. Often the inspiration for the decoration were from classical novels of Chinese literature such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.