Lot 2928. A famille rose ‘crane and deer’ bottle vase, Xuantong six-character mark in iron-red and of the period (1909-1911); 13 1⁄4 in. (33.5 cm.) high. Price realised HKD 875,000 (Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000). © Christie's 2021

The vase is decorated to the compressed globular body with a pair of cranes perching on a large tree rising from a rock, next to a deer grasping in its month a lingzhi spray amidst large peony and pomegranate branches.

Provenance: Offered at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4258.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 Dec 2021