Lot 622. A small famille rose hu-form vase, Republic period (1911-1949); 6 ¾ in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 21,250 © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The vase is finely decorated on one side with narcissus and lingzhigrowing around blue rocks and on the reverse with branches of pink and white crabapple, the branch of pink blossoms entwined with a convolvulous vine, and the neck is flanked by a pair of gilt-decorated iron-red handles formed as lingzhi stems. The base has a four-character Hongxian yuzhi mark.

Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 15 July 2005, lot 391. 
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Note: For a pair of small Hongxian-marked famille rose vases of similar hu shape, with similar handles, and of slightly larger size (18.3 cm.), decorated with figural scenes, see H. A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, The Netherlands, 1977, p. 129, pl. 168.

Christie's. The Studio of the Clear Garden: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 22 March 2018, New York