Lot 264 , A Chinese blue and white vase, Qianlong seal mark but 19th century, height 26cm

A Chinese blue and white vase, Qianlong seal mark but 19th century, painted in Ming style with bands of lotus flowers amid scrolling tendrils, lappets to the neck and waves to the base, with a pair of zoomorphic ring handles, apocryphal seal mark to base, height 26cm
Estimate £800-1,200

There are some overglazed firing cracks to the rim and invisible looting line on the inside of the vase, there is a vertical hairline body crack extending from the shoulder down toward the base and a second hairline crack which is only visible on the inside of the vase, otherwise in reasonable condition with no restoration or chips.


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Sold for £800