Lidded vase with a flower and bird motif

China, 18th century, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

Famille rose style enamel painting on white glaze (fencai in Chinese).

H: 43 cm

UMP 17011a

Purchased by Josef Škorpil at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris.

Imitations of similar eighteenth-century vases (but with drawn designs and colours of poorer quality) were also produced towards the end of the Qing dynasty (late 19th/early 20th century) and were primarily intended for export.