A CHINESE LIME GREEN GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOON FLASK.A CHINESE LIME GREEN GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOON FLASK. Qing Dynasty, six character Qianlong mark and possibly of the period. Of flattened circular shape, supported on a spreading oval foot, the short flared neck flanked by two gilt-decorated iron-red handles, the exterior elaborately enamelled with a large circular panel to each side, depicting scenes of birds and flowers, all reserved on a lime green ground decorated with stylised lotuses and colourful leafy scrolls with a decorative knot suspended from a bat below each handle, a spearhead band around the mouth below a gilt rim, the interior and base enamelled in turquoise, with a mark to the base in iron red, 18.5cm H. Provenance: acquired in 2003, formerly in an English private collection since the 1930s, by repute. 清約乾隆 綠地粉彩繪匾壺，礬紅「大清乾隆年製」款 來源：得於2003， 前英國私人收藏自1930年代（口傳）。