A famille rose sgraffiato-ground 'Four Seasons' baluster vase and cover


Qianlong seal mark, Republic Period The broad baluster body with four roundels intricately enamelled with scholars and pavilions in landscapes depicting Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, reserved on a blue-glazed elaborately incised floral ground embellished with flower head meanders, between a ruyi-head collar and a lappet border at the foot, all below a gilt-decorated openwork neck, the conical lid similarly decorated and with a spherical knop.31cm (12 1/4in) high (2).
|Provenance: Christie's King Street, 1987Compare with a similar pair of jars and covers, sold at Christie's New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2232.