DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The decoration on this vase and its arrangement is related to that of another famille rose vase of the same shape illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 39 - Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Decoration, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 219, pl. 194. The decoration on the ovoid body of the Palace vase is that of boys participating in a Dragon Boat race. See, also, a famille rose vase in the collection of the National Museum of China, similarly decorated with boys at play, with a ruby-ground neck, illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu - ciqi jian - Qing dai, Shanghai, 2007, p. 207, no. 137.