Vase en porcelaine bleu blanc, Hu Chine, dynastie Qing, marque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)

de forme balustre, reposant sur un pied évasé orné de pétales, la panse divisée en trois registres séparés par des anneaux en léger relief, à motifs de rinceaux fleuris et flots tumultueux, l'épaulement rehaussé de masques de chimères en relief soutenant un anneau, le col agrémenté d'une frise de feuilles de bananier, la bordure de vagues, marque à six caractères en cachet de l'empereur Qianlong en bleu sous couverte à la base

A Y-shape body hairline crack (11cm) starting from left ring and going down to the waves (slightly visible inside as well) ; two small original firing cracks to the lion head handles and a few surface scratches to the glaze.
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Compare with a similar Qianlong vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum : Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 2.
Compare also with a vase, sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1904 and another one, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8 April 2009, lot 1679.