A FINE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE VASE, HU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

A FINE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE VASE, HU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG the robust ovoid body supported on a splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and everted rim, set with two taotie -mask handles suspending mock rings, brightly painted in deep shades of cobalt accented by contrived 'heaping and piling' with a wide band of scrolling lotus, the large blooms borne in an alternating double register with the upper row each supporting one of the beribboned bajixiang , the neck encircled by a band of quatrefoil crenulated motifs divided by flower sprigs and further wrapped with a lotus scroll, the base skirted with petal lappets, all between a band of tumultuous waves encircling the rim and foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark 49 cm, 19 1/4 in.