IRON-RED PORCELAIN VASE, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century Globular in shape, decorated with bats supporting sound stones surrounded by flowers and leafy scrolls; the shoulder adorned with a ruyi frieze; the interior and base glazed in turquoise; an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base; enamel chipping at the rim of the neck and a slight crack on the neck H.: 21 cm (8 ¼ in.) An iron-red glazed jar, China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century Qing, late 19th century, iron-red glazed jar with intertwined floral and ‘Fu-Shou’ motifs Source: Collection of the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, France, assembled between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Provenance: Private collection of the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse for over a century.