Lot 502 A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE HU VASE, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

A large Chinese porcelain pear-shaped vase, heavily potted with a wide generous body and two squared archaistic pierced handles on the shoulder, the body painted with a continuous meander of tendrils issuing large open lotus-heads arranged in three horizontal bands, the neck with shou character roundels on a ground of key pattern between squared spirals at the rim and cloud collars above the handles, a band of large lappets above the foot and a narrow band of classic scroll. The bottom with a Chinese Qianlong seal mark.
Height: 48 cm.