A substantial French patinated and parcel gilt bronze mounted ceramic vase in the Chinoiserie taste

A substantial French patinated and parcel gilt bronze mounted ceramic vase in the Chinoiserie taste, circa 1880, of cylindrical form, the glazed body with twin gilt handles and supports modelled as bamboo and a cherry blossom branch, modelled with a coiling dragon and painted dragons and foliate motifs on blue ground, on a cross-hatched surround and openwork base with four feet modelled as dragon masks, with copper liner, 53 cm high