A rare blue and white 'floral' vase, hu Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉海水紋折肩貫耳壺 《大清乾隆年製》款

Property from an Old Hong Kong Family Collection

A rare blue and white 'floral' vase, hu

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

香港家族舊藏

清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉海水紋折肩貫耳壺 《大清乾隆年製》款

the broad curving body painted with a foliate band of composite blooms between a ruyi border and a band of foam-crested waves, the vase angling to broad shoulders similarly painted with the sequence of crested waves, floral, and ruyi pendent bands, the waisted neck collared with a further border of scrolling lotus flowers, flanked by two tubular handles decorated with crested waves, the everted rim with a band of pendent trefoils below a further band of waves, all supported on a slightly flared foot with a band of lappets, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark

50.8 cm