Porcelain vase with red copper enamel decoration of birds, China, 18th - 19th century Unusually shaped, reminiscent of an inverted pear, the neck narrows to form a flattened torus at the top. The body is adorned with a fine rotating decoration in underglaze red enamel, of nightingales in plum blossom branches, an iconographic symbol in China and Japan of the arrival of spring. Under the vase, glazed in blue underglaze, a four-character sigillary mark of the Qianlong emperor, and an old glued label. Height: 27.4 cm Three chips on the neck.