A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE YANGCAI BLUE-GROUND 'LOTUS' VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES IRON-RED SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG very finely potted with a compressed globular body supported on a splayed foot, the domed shoulder rising to a tall waisted neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of gilt ruyi sceptre loop handles each suspending a turquoise wan symbol tied in an iron-red ribbon with long ends, the body brightly enamelled against a rich blue ground, depicting four large pink lotus blooms, borne on stylised foliate strapwork issuing smaller blooms, buds, and lilies around the sides, the neck similarly decorated and further embellished with a musical chime ( qing ) above the lotuses, all between bands of pendent ruyi heads and overlapping lappets, the shoulder encircled by further floral sprays and the foot with pendant ruyi lappets enclosing and alternating with florets, bordered by gilt-decorated iron-red bands at the rim with circles and a classic scroll at the foot, the interior and base glazed in turquoise, save for a white square on the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in iron red 36.7 cm, 14 1/2 in.
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE YANGCAI BLUE-GROUND 'LOTUS' VASE WITH RUYI HANDLES IRON-RED SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG very finely potted with a compressed globular body supported on a splayed foot, the domed shoulder rising to a tall waisted neck flaring at the rim, flanked by a pair of gilt ruyi sceptre loop handles each suspending a turquoise wan symbol tied in an iron-red ribbon with long ends, the body brightly enamelled against a rich blue ground, depicting four large pink lotus blooms, borne on stylised foliate strapwork issuing smaller blooms, buds, and lilies around the sides, the neck similarly decorated and further embellished with a musical chime ( qing ) above the lotuses, all between bands of pendent ruyi heads and overlapping lappets, the shoulder encircled by further floral sprays and the foot with pendant ruyi lappets enclosing and alternating with florets, bordered by gilt-decorated iron-red bands at the rim with circles and a classic scroll at the foot, the interior and base glazed in turquoise, save for a white square on the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in iron red 36.7 cm, 14 1/2 in.
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