A Chinese ruby-ground famille rose 'bajixiang' gu vase

Of archaic bronze shape, the vase is finely decorated in famille-rose enamels on the flaring trumpet-shaped neck with four of the bajixiang divided by scrolling lotus blooms between ruyi head and upright lappet borders. The central bulbous section is enamelled with further lotus scrolls, all supported on the high bell-shaped foot enamelled with the four remaining Buddhist emblems between chevron, key-fret and ruyi head borders. The interiors of the neck and foot enamelled in turquoise and the edges with gilt highlights. The base of the neck with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark.