Linzhi chengxiang mark, Republic Period The four sided vessel tapering to the foot, with an everted lip, the domed lid snuggly inside, the vessel with fencai enamels depicting a continuous scene of aristocratic boys at play in garden with three rams, the lid with a second garden scene, absent of figures, with touches of gilding and overglaze iron red enamels, the lid with an animated coral glazed tiger, the base with an overglaze iron red mark within a double square reading lin zhi cheng xiang. 10 1/4in (26cm) high