A Famille-Verte rouleau vase, China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century

painted with birds and peacocks perched on pierced rocks among flowers, the shoulder with flowers and leaves reserved against a geometrical ground below a leiwen border, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark

There are tiny firing flaws, one visible on a flying bird and tiny wear to the enamels. There is a hairline crack extending vertically from the foot. There is dust overall.
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