a famille rose and gilt-enameled ruyi


Qianlong mark, 20th centuryApplied with openwork panels of a pine tree at the top, an endless knot at the center and a peach branch at the tip, each in iron red and gilt separated by brilliantly colored flowers, leaves and peach branches on the yellow ground of the curving handle, the reverse bearing the six-character mark in blue enamel standard script on a turquoise enamel ground.19 3/4in (50cm) long