18th century, seal Shangxin Shaped as a flattened bianhu flask, finely enamelled with a continuous scene depicting a quail standing beside a flowering bush of chrysanthemums, the reverse with a pair of birds perched on a branch pf blossoming peonies, all above overlapping lotus petals and below a ruyi band, gilt-bronze stopper, ivory stand. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide (3).