Large Chinese Doucai Moon Flask Lotus Vase.
Large Chinese Doucai Moon Flask Lotus Vase, Qianlong Mark. Of circular shape, raised on a splayed rectangular foot and sweeping up to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of pierced dragon handles, each main side molded with a row of overlapping petals radiating from a flowerhead and painted with tendrils issuing various flowers which repeat on the other sides, the neck further decorated with a similar foliate design below a horizontal band of ruyi pendants, the recessed base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue within the unglazed foot ring. {Height: 14 1/4 inches (36 cm)}.
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Large Chinese Doucai Moon Flask Lotus Vase, Qianlong Mark. Of circular shape, raised on a splayed rectangular foot and sweeping up to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of pierced dragon handles, each main side molded with a row of overlapping petals radiating from a flowerhead and painted with tendrils issuing various flowers which repeat on the other sides, the neck further decorated with a similar foliate design below a horizontal band of ruyi pendants, the recessed base bearing a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue within the unglazed foot ring. {Height: 14 1/4 inches (36 cm)}.