BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORAL' VASE QIANLONG MARK BUT 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 乾隆款 青花纏枝蓮紋鋪首尊 of archaistic zun form, the ovoid body resting on a high splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck, the shoulder applied with a pair of moulded elephant-mask handles each suspending a mock ring, the shoulders and body with three bands of floral scroll, the foot wrapped in a band of crashing waves, the neck surrounded by plantain leaves, painted with dots to simulate 'heaping and piling' effect, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong mark (27cm high) Qty: (1) Note: Compare to three related blue and white vases like the current lot, but from the imperial kiln, Qianlong mark and period, with the crashing wave band on the lower body instead of the foot, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum nos. Zhong Ci 中瓷001385N, Zhong Ci 中瓷001555N, and Zhong Ci 中瓷001388N; one sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 September 2021, lot 77.