LARGE COPPER-RED 'LOTUS' VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 清乾隆款及年代 釉裏紅纏枝花卉海水紋折肩大壼 of archaic ritual bronze ware hu form, finely decorated on the body with a wide band of flowers in foliage scrolls, framed by a frieze of ruyi and waves, below the mouth further with a band of waves, the neck with a band of scrolling flowers, the shoulder decorated with lotuses in foliage scrolls surmounting tumultuous waves, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue (57cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Adrianus Cornelis Maria Verhelst (b. 26th February 1955), The Netherlands (by repute) Note: Compare to a slightly smaller rare large 'lotus' vase, similar in design and decoration, but painted with cobalt blue, two lug handles intact, seal mark and period of Qianlong, sold at Sotheby's Paris, 18 June 2020, lot 12.