A FINE CARVED CELADON GLAZED VASEQianlong seal mark, RepublicModelled after a metal form, the rounded lower body crisply carved with a delicate frieze of meandering lotus blooms and entwined foliate stems, the sloping shoulder with an incised key fret border below overlapping plantain and stylised foliate lappets, and pairs of confronting phoenix with elaborate tail feathers rising upwards below the broad flaring trumpet neck, incised apocryphal Qianlong seal mark to the base. 25cm (9 7/8in) high