Chinese Porcelain Lobed Haitangzun

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Chinese porcelain lobed haitangzun, a finely formed baluster shape vase, with four lobes, a blue and white glazed exterior, and … Read more Chinese porcelain lobed haitangzun, a finely formed baluster shape vase, with four lobes, a blue and white glazed exterior, and a white glazed interior and inset base. Two, large, ovoid cartouches of frolicking boys carrying lotus flowers amid dense background lattices of cobblestones in two designs, with lotus flowers at the top and bottom of the cartouche, decorate the two large lobes of the vase. Surrounding the cartouches and decorating the two small lobes is a dense lattice of overlapping flowers of different sizes. The top of the vase is accented with a band of blue, cloud and thunder meanders followed by a band of blue and white, mushroom -head Ru Yi lappets with floral centers. The lower part of the vase is accented with a band of larger Ru Yi lappets. A blue, six character, Qianlong, reign mark in Zhuanshu script is glazed to the inset base. Circa mid century or later. See less