Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late Qing or early Republic period, early 20th century, porcelain very finely painted in a continuous narrative encircling the jar with elegant court ladies dressed in colorful robes and performing dances and playing instruments in a garden terrace setting, upper body with iron red shaped handle holders, cover decorated with the Three Plenties (
san duo) combine the Buddha's hand (representing happiness/good fortune), the peach (representing longevity), and the pomegranate (representing fertility), and topped with an unusual spider finial, with 慎德堂製 (Shen De Tang Zhi) mark to underside, but not Daoguang imperial.
11 1/4 in., 7 1/2 in. diameter
Very good condition; missing metal handles.