Small Red Vase W/ Chinese on bottom? Can someone help me decipher these characters? These are on a small red vase with a small "wick" attached to the top.
Left: 乾
Right: 隆
Top: 年
Bottom: 制

You read the characters as if you are standing at the center. The order is a bit funny because it's what people in antiquity do. It is read as 乾隆年制 -- &quot;Made in the year of Qian Long&quot;. Qian Long(乾隆) is an emperor of 清(Qing) dynasty.
It is a form of 篆書. You see a lot of such imprints in antiquities. Take a look at this:

it says:

年|乾|大
制|隆|清