The globular body rising from a short lightly spreading foot to a tall waisted neck, enamelled overall in yellow, with iron-red 'shuangxi' characters arranged evenly between a band of upright petal lappets and a band of ruyi pendants below the gilt-decorated rim, two gold rings enclosing a foliage of multi-coloured blossom, peaches and longevity characters on the shoulder. 6-character Guangxu mark to the base in underglaze blue. Fitted gilt bronze stand. Labels of J & T. Tai and typed labels. 中国黄底粉彩双喜寿字纹赏瓶（大清光绪年制款） 本品外壁均以凝腻的明黄作底，周身红彩书写整齐排列的双喜字。金彩口沿下饰粉彩连珠纹及如意云头纹一周。肩部双圈描金内彩绘缠枝莲花寿桃及“寿”字图案，近足处饰变体莲瓣纹一周。底书“大清光绪年制”青花款。 Dimensions H405 D230mm