A RUBY-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE BOTTLE VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY |

the compressed globular body supported on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck and everted rim, painted with polychrome scrolling lotus, shou characters, fruit, and auspicious emblems against a ruby-red ground, the base and interior glazed turquoise, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong six-character seal mark in iron red

The vase is in overall good condition with only minor expected wear to the surface, including minute flakes to the enamels and gilding.
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