Beschreibung:

A Famille-Rose 'European Subject' Vase Mark and Period of Jiaqing the pear-shaped body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared rim, flanked by a pair of mythical beast loop-handles, the animal heads picked out in iron red and detailed with a long curved gilded tongue lolling out, painted around the exterior in a soft famille-rose palette with a continuous scene of eight European figures set in an idyllic setting with large verdant trees and European architecture, including a lady looking at a dog while holding onto the arm of a gentleman while he converses with another gentleman, two further gentlemen conversing with each other while sitting on the grassy ground with a lady holding a tray of fruits above her head in the background, a further lady looking endearingly at a young boy standing behind her, all between borders of floral diapers encircling the rim and the foot, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character reign mark, wood stand 28.6 cm., 11 1/4 in.