Date: Qianlong Reign period (AD 1736-1795), Qing dynasty
Dimensions: Height 23.4 cm, Diameter of mouth 9.4 cm, Diameter of foot 15.0 cm
Gift of Yue Duzhou, 1980
This is a standard official ware of the Qianlong reign period. Beneath the vase, there is a silver pedestal produced in the same period. The body is densely painted with the gold and silver tracery. The inner part of the vase and cover and the ring foot all are applied with turquoise glaze and the ears with alum red gold tracery. The date mark ‘Qian Long Nian Zhi’, meaning ‘made in the Qianlong reign period’, can be seen both on the bottle base and the silver pedestal.