A FINE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

well potted with a compressed globular body rising from a splayed foot, sweeping up to a tall waisted neck flaring gently at the rim, the body deftly painted with simulated 'heaping and piling', depicting large lotus blooms borne on an undulating foliate meander above a lappet band, the shoulder encircled by a band of composite floral scroll and pendant ruyi heads divided by raised moulded fillets, all below further ruyi heads, unright plantain leaves and a key-fret band around the neck, the rim and foot bordered by a band of crashing waves and a classic scroll respectively, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark

Overall condition with only occasional light surface scratches.
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