A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC China, late 19th to early 20th century. The ovoid sides rising from the ring foot to a slightly concave neck and a trumpet-shaped mouth, painted in Famille Verte enamels with Shoulao and the Queen Mother of the West (Xi Wangmu) as well as a deer and two boys holding up a giant peach, with several inscriptions to the reverse and neck.

Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, one hairline crack along mouth, neck and side.
Provenance: Karl Zeilinger (1944-2014), a collector of Asian art and antique weapons from Nürnberg, Germany. Thence by descent in the same family.

Weight: 6,542 g
Dimensions: Height 58 cm