A TURQUOISE-GROUND IRON-RED DECORATED 'DAJI' DOUBLE-GOURD PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY |

modelled in the form of a beribboned double-gourd vase raised on an iron-red ruyi stand and surmounted by a gilt bat-form finial, the upper and lower bulbs painted with two iron-red medallions enclosing the two characters reading daji, each roundel encircled by five bats, all reserved against a rich turquoise ground, wood stand