GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908), YONGQING CHANGCHUN MARK IN IRON RED

The original sketch of the design on this vase commissioned by the palace is illustrated in Guanyang Yuci: Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai zhici guanyang yu yuyao ciqi (Official Designs and Imperial Porcelain: The Palace Museum’s Collection of Official Porcelain Designs and Porcelains from Imperial Kilns of the Qing Dynasty), Beijing, 2007, pp.312-313, no. 99 (fig.1).