A blue and white 'bajixiang' handled jar Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 青花八吉祥夔龍耳罐 《大清乾隆年製》款

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A blue and white 'bajixiang' handled jar

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

士紳珍藏

清乾隆 青花八吉祥夔龍耳罐

《大清乾隆年製》款

flanked on the upper shoulder with a pair of handles, each rendered in the form of a mythical beast, the main body decorated with the bajixiang emblems alternating with floral scrollwork echoed along the upper shoulder, the two registers divided by a gently concave band reverse-decorated with elliptical motifs, all between lappet borders, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark 

30.9 cm