A large Chinese famille-rose jar and cover circa 1735

the ovoid body supported by a tapering foot rising to a short straight neck, the body brilliantly painted with cockerels, hens and chicks among rockwork, surrounded by blossoming peony and prunus branches, the neck and foot with pink diaper bands reserved with floral panels, the cover painted with floral sprigs and surmounted by a knop decorated with flower petals

Christie's London, March 30-31, 1983, lot 359