A slender blue and white baluster vase of hexagonal section, finely painted on each side with twin fish under a canopy above a band of archaistic leaves, above further decorative bands, the tall waisted neck with shou characters between bands of ruyi-shaped lappets and further key-fret bands, flanked by two blue pierced dragon handles, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong markChina, 19th century(h. 36 cm.)