A BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL VASE, HU QIANLONG SEAL MARK

of archaistic fanghu form, the hexagonal body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck, flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, the exterior finely painted in rich cobalt-blue with composite lotus and peony scrolls wreathed by feathery foliage, similarly decorated around the angled shoulders and handles, the neck encircled with a band of crested waves, all between a keyfret band at the rim and stylised florets at the foot, the base with a seal mark in underglaze blueH . 46 cm