This diminutive pear-shaped body rising to a waisted neck gently rounded inwards at the rim, delicately potted made out of immaculate white kaolin clay and applied with a milky-white glaze superbly fired to a smooth silky finish; in falangcai enamels in subtly shaded, at times blended, washes and meticulous detail with a pair of golden pheasants perched on a knotty trunk. The base is stamped with the four-character mark Qianlong nianzhi written within a double-square in a characteristically pale, slightly misfired greyish-blue enamel
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