A YELLOW-GROUND DOUBLE-GOURD 'ABSTINENCE' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

of double-gourd shape moulded around the sides and gilt, delicately painted in bright enamels with a plump green double-gourd resting on a yellow gourd, with the two characters Zai jie inscribed on the centre in blue enamel, further decorated with small pink blossoms growing from tendrils and interspersed with broad leaves, with two fluttering bats, the reverse similarly decorated and inscribed with the two characters in Manchurian