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

h cm 60

Of hexagonal section, with bamboo-shaped handles, decorated on the body and neck, separated by a band of stylised waves, with lotus scrolls bearing shou-shaped buds. The foot and rim are adorned with Greek key patterns, above which runs a band of stylised petals. The centre of the base bears an apocryphal six-character Qianlong Emperor seal mark in underglaze blue.

清  19世纪    青花缠枝莲纹六方贯耳尊   “大清乾隆年制”六字款