Lot 606. A famille rose vase, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Qianlong seal mark in iron red. Height 46 cm. Estimate 2 887 € / 4 812 €. © Bukowskis

With a central decoration of two figures with a lady inking the back of a kneeling gentleman, with a boy attendant to one side and the reverse painted with a large ewer and flowers in vases on pedestals and with two figures holding swords. The vase depicts the story of the Song military general Yue Fei, with his mother tattooing his back with four characters of ‘Jing Zhang Bao Guo”. Qianlong seal mark in iron red to the base.