A Chinese porcelain celadon-glazed 'melon' wall vase, Qianlong mark and of the period, modelled as a large lobed melon issuing from a leafy vine beside a smaller melon decorated in low relief with a butterfly to the lower section, underglaze blue four-character seal mark to reverse, 15.5cm highProfessional restoration to portions of leaves and to the top of the ornament, very fine hairline crack to body. Examined under UV.