A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED 'LOTUS' VASE, HU

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period

The bulbous pear-shaped body resting atop a splayed foot and rising to a gently-waisted neck, the shoulder set with two archaistic pierced handles, the body painted with a continuous meander of tendrils issuing large lotus flowerheads, the neck with a band of shou roundels set against a ground of wan fret pattern above a band of interlocking cloud collars and below a key fret border to the rim, the foot decorated with classic scroll below a band of large petal lappets, six character Qianlong mark to base, together with a box,

45cm high (2)

清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮紋壺

「大清乾隆年製」款

c.f. A hu vase with similar lotus scroll decoration is illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p.267, fig.455.

A similar vase, Qianlong mark and period, was sold at Christie's New York, 22nd March 1999, lot 294. Another was sold at Bonhams New Bond Street, 14th May 2009, and another in the same rooms on 10th November 2011, lot 125. A similar vase was also sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3rd April 2019, lot 3630.

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