A Chinese cloisonne slender tapering baluster vase with flaring neck and pierced gilt metal mounts on four feet, four flanges to the body and decorated with birds among flowering branches above a band of horses among breaking waves, the neck decorated with lappets containing taotie and the interior of neck with flowerheads among scrolling foliage, all on a turquoise and green ground (gilt-metal mounts added later, chips and bruises around body) -- 27.in.high,17th century.