the bulbous body finely decorated with flower heads, twin carps and qin musical instruments, the long neck adorned with flower head in tendrils below bats around the mouth rim, all against a green ground, the interior and the base enamelled in turquoise, the base incised with a six-character Jiaqing mark in iron-red (39cm high) Provenance: Private collection, EnglandPreviously private London collection, acquired prior to 1920 and thence by descent within the family until acquired by the current owner in 2010