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I want to know if this vase is antique, or any information on it. Purchased it at a second hand store.

Your hexagonal bird & flower vase with faux cloisonné look about its gilt tracery has an equally faux base-mark, reading down and across from its top right as 'Made by Imperial Order, Qianlong Reign' (Qianlong Yu Zhi), but the mark must be flipped 180 degrees for optimum viewing position. I believe the vase is quite recent, no older than the late 20th century or newer, based in part on finding current eBay listings for a half-dozen Chinese hexagonal porcelain vases with faux cloisonné gilt tracery and marks of 'Made by Imperial Order, Yongzheng Reign' on their bases (the first link being one). The second link to liveauctioneers.com provides an auction result for a vase quite similar to yours, except it has a turquoise base with the Qianlong Yuzhi mark. Its upper rim shows rubbing of the gilt, which I suspect isn't all natural but partly to add a look of age to the piece. Its selling price represents a fair amount for a decorative piece and certainly not a drop in the bucket where anything porcelain and Qianlong mark and period is concerned.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/China-antique-porcelain-Qing-yongzheng-famille-rose-flower-bird-hexagon-vase/282813982636?

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/73382082_chinese-porcelain-famille-rose-bird-and-flower

Best regards,

Bill H.

thank you =)

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