A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER-SHAPED PORCELAIN VASE, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

h cm 66,5

With raised foot, globular body, long neck flanked by two dragon-shaped handles, and a flared rim; finely painted in rich underglaze blue with qilong dragons floating among scrolling lotus and leafy tendrils, interspersed with bands of ruyi and stylized petals. The base bears an apocryphal six-character mark of the Qianlong Emperor within a double circle, in underglaze blue.

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