A Chinese famille rose vase: of ovoid form with waisted neck, painted with a terrace scene with ladies playing a board game and in conversation, a small panel to one side depicting two ladies reading from a scroll, the reverse inscribed in black with a poem and iron-red seals, the neck and foot enamelled with bands of scrolling flowers and foliage on a yellow ground between ruyi-head and diaper borders, the base with iron-red four-character Qianlong Nian Zhi seal mark, 20th century, 40 cm high.