A Large Chinese Blue and White Vase and Cover The tall sides rising from a slightly splayed base to a wide shoulder, set with four lug animal mask handles, reverse decorated in white on underglaze blue with a scaly five-clawed dragon striding among swirling clouds, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lion finial, the short neck and foot with metal rim, the base glazed. Period: 19th century. Height: 44 cm.