Vase in cloisonné enamel on copper, Dexing Cheng factory The rounded body is decorated with lotus leaves, buds and flowers, an egret, ducks, a toad blowing towards the moon in the clouds and foaming waves. It extends into a high neck flanked by two bamboo root handles and divided into sections decorated successively with lotus and duck buds on a leiwen background, a leiwen frieze and stylized lotus flowers. The bulbous top of the neck is formed by lotus petals. The shape and decoration of this vase are inspired by an 18th-century model from the Qianlong period. Incised at the base, a Dexing Cheng zuo mark 德興成 - made by Dexing Cheng, Beijing, early 20th century H. 38 cm (dents, missing enamel)