A GILT-DECORATED CORAL-GLAZED VASE
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The bulbous body rising from a short foot to a long flaring neck with a ruyi band below the mouth rim, decorated with a band of shou characters amidst leafy floral tendrils to the shoulder, and scattered flower-balls enclosing birds, floral heads, carp, and deer around the neck and body, all reserved against a coral ground.
39cm (15 3/8in) high
Footnotes:
清光緒 珊瑚紅地描金壽字皮球花紋賞瓶 《大清光緒年製》款

Some wear and losses to the gilding consistent with age and use; minor firing imperfections; minor chips to the mouth rims, the most notable one approx. 0.3cm.