A large qianjiangcai enameled ovoid vase


Guangxu markThickly potted with applied elephant head handles painted in iron red, pale enamels depicting a bird on a branch rising amid autumn chrysanthemums and reversed by a small vignette of One Hundred Antiques, the inscriptions bearing the signature Wang Zhang and a cyclical date wuzi (1888), the recessed base within the flared foot bearing a stamped six-character mark in iron red seal script. 16 3/4in (42.5cm) high