A tianqiuping ‘heavenly globe vase’, is superbly potted with a globular body surmounted by a columnar neck, delicately enamelled in the doucai and famille rose palettes, on the body with the anbaxian, ‘Eight Daoist Emblems’, each tied with flowing ribbons, amid leafy scroll issuing lotus blossoms in two rows, all between lappets at the foot and a band of cloud-shaped collar at the shoulder. The neck is enamelled with four lotus blossoms, beneath pendent double-fish and musical chimes. Thee bottom with a Chinese Qianlong seal mark. Origin: China Period: 19th-20th century Sizes: 53.00 cm. H 20.87 in. H