White porcelain lantern-shaped vase deng long zun with polychrome enamel of children, China, Republic period, 20th century The body decorated with sixteen children playing music in a garden, carrying flowers and lotus buds, a pomegranate or pulling a cart on wheels where three other children are seated, one holding a banner and the other a hoop. Around the foot and neck two friezes of lotus flowers and scrolls, bats and endless knots on a yellow background, framed by ruyi heads. A frieze of greeks surrounds the foot. The interior and the background are enamelled in turquoise blue. H. 28 cm Pierced at the bottom, in the center, with an apocryphal mark Jiaqing