Chinese, Qing dynasty. Porcelain, composed of three parts, with the cylindrical core forming the inner pot and rim, which fits into the revolving upper section and the lower section attached withthe base, forming a cylindrical exterior. Decorated in famille rose palette, featuring the characters of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches on the edges where the upper section joints the lower section. Together theycombined to be the "sexagenary cycle (ganzhi)" which rotates and combined into sixty different pairs, forming the sixty-year cycle in traditional Chinese calendar. Each character embraced by the upper and lower section of a double gourd design,evenly spaced and painted in light brown colour, with densely enameled gourd flower and foliage on body, against a light blue ground. The mouth and foot rims decorated with scrolling flower in red against a light orange ground, the top of themouth rim finely enameled with a key-fret band in blue, and the base and interior of the inner pot both covered in turquoise glaze. Having gilded decoration to the rims. The base centered with a reserved six character Qianlong seal mark in

General losses in enamel and gilt. With traces of tape marks to the rims and joints. Condition report available upon request.