A 19th century Cantonese yellow ground vase, elaborately decorated with foliate designs and with gilt handles. Height 35.5 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The vase appears to be in generally good condition. We were told by the vendor that there has been some repair to the top rim but this has clearly been professionally done and is very difficult to see. The vase itself has numerous small areas of loss to the yellow areas. This does not appear to be fired but seems to be more like paint. It is flaking off in places. The yellow areas appear fired in places but in some other areas the paintwork seems to readily chip off. There are numerous small paint or enamel losses if you look carefully at the vase.