A BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE 'BUDDHIST LION' VASE QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD

the ovoid body raised on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, the shoulders set to each side with shallow relief-molded lion-mask handles suspending mock rings, brilliantly painted in deep tones of underglaze blue, with a large Buddhist lion seated beside lingzhi on one side, and a smaller lion beneath a willow tree on the other, with two lingzhi and floral sprays to the mouth

Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902), and thence by descent. 

The foot rim is partially polished and is slightly uneven. Otherwise, the vase is in overall good condition with some expected light wear to the surface and minor firing imperfections.
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