An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' conjoined vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 青花纏枝番蓮六聯瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' conjoined vase

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

清乾隆 青花纏枝番蓮六聯瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

superbly constructed with six amphora-shaped vases cut to be joined together to form a single vessel, each vessel with a tall cylindrical neck encircled with a raised band and surmounted by a wide flaring rim, the lobed exterior superbly painted with five large lotus blooms borne on undulating leafy scrolls issuing smaller blossoms, below ruyi and lappet borders encircling each neck, the base of the central larger vase inscribed with a six-character seal mark, Japanese wood box

24 cm