A Magnificent impérial yellow ground family

China, 18th-19th century. Finely potted, the bulbous body rests on a spread foot and rises to a bent neck flanked by ruyi shaped handles under the flared mouthpiece. The exterior is decorated with a remarkably fine enamel on an impeccable imperial yellow background. Each side is decorated with a foliage panel surrounding a charming scene where a boy presents a flower to his mother, sitting on a stone bench pierced in a fenced garden.
The neck is also decorated with peony and plum flowers carried by winding vines; separated by strips of lotus rinceaux, the foot and mouth being surrounded by geometric stripes.

Provenance: From the collection of Captain C.Oswald Liddell (1854-1941) worked in China from 1877 to 1913

Liddell collaborated with A.W.Bahr at an exhibition in Shanghai in 1908, as president of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

State of conservation: Superb condition with only very minor ld wear