A Chinese turquoise-ground famille rose double gourd vase

Reference: ART1003624

The vase is boldly decorated and gilt with two registers of scrolling lotus, separated by a moulded pink-enamelled tied bow at the waist, all below a band of ruyi-heads at the rim and above a lappet band at the foot. The turquoise-enamelled base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.