Qianlong impressed six-character seal mark but probably later The heavily-potted body with a spherical profile molded with gentle convex panels within a molded border on each main face and narrow panels to the sides with a large circular boss at the widest point, supported on a spreading rectangular foot, the S-curved handles joined at the upper gourd and ending in molded ruyi-shaped appliques on the shoulders, the body primarily under a copper-red glaze with purple feathered mottling, the upper gourd and narrow sides with unctuous pale turquoise-green mushroom-toned splashes thinning to brown on the molded shoulder appliques, the deep recessed rectangular base centered by the impressed Qianlong mark and under a patchy iron-brown wash. 16 1/4in (41.2cm) high