A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS SCROLL’ VASE, TIANQIUPING QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is superbly potted with a globular body rising to a cylindrical neck supported on a countersunk base, delicately painted in cobalt of rich, sapphire blue tones with an elaborate meandering lotus scroll on the neck and body, separated by a classic scroll and ruyi- head band on the shoulder. The mouth is decorated with a wave border, and the foot is encircled with a band of interlocking petal lappets. The base is inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark. 24 in. (61 cm.) high, wood box Provenance Offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 May 1977, lot 95
A FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS SCROLL’ VASE, TIANQIUPING QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is superbly potted with a globular body rising to a cylindrical neck supported on a countersunk base, delicately painted in cobalt of rich, sapphire blue tones with an elaborate meandering lotus scroll on the neck and body, separated by a classic scroll and ruyi- head band on the shoulder. The mouth is decorated with a wave border, and the foot is encircled with a band of interlocking petal lappets. The base is inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark. 24 in. (61 cm.) high, wood box Provenance Offered at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 May 1977, lot 95
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