A famille rose and gilt 'ruyi' vaseQianlong mark, 19th century
The slightly tapered neck painted with stylized bats encircling a shou medallion between a band of ruyi heads at the rim and auspicious objects at the base, all against a gilt key fret ground, flanked by elephant-head handles suspending rings, the ruyi-form body painted with a flower-head and scrolling foliage, enclosed within borders of scrolls and florets, supported on a splayed foot ring with turquoise enamel on the interior surrounding a square reserve bearing the six-character seal mark in iron red.
10 1/2in (26.7cm) high