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A vase with floral patterns inscribed in a poem by the Western style imperial court. The bottle has ten sides with melon edges and a slightly slanted mouth. It has a medium to long neck, a sloping shoulder, a round belly, and a converging shin. The feet are in the shape of melon edges on ten sides, slightly high, and slightly outward slanted. The neck and tibia are glazed with lotus root powder, and various floral patterns are painted in Western colors. The abdomen is coated with white glaze and painted with cave stone and peony patterns. On the other side, a poem inscribed by Emperor Qianlong in regular script is used. The inner wall and bottom of the vessel are coated with turquoise green glaze, and the bottom is inscribed with a six character seal script style in alum red script "Made in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty".