The compressed globular body with a splayed foot and elongated neck rising to an everted rim, finely pencilled in Chenghua style with an Indian lotus meander issuing full formal blooms and curled leaves, the foot encircled by a formal scroll. With a Yongzheng six character mark within a double circle. Höjd 23.5 cm.
Footrim possibly shortened.
Property of a private Swedish Estate.
Compare a vase sold at Christies, Hong Kong, The Imperial Sale, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 957, 26 April 2004.
Compare with a Ming dynasty example in Shanghai Museum, that is illustrated in the Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua Daquan (ceramics), p. 386, fig. 741.
The shape of this vase has its inspiration in Chenghua prototypes, although the pronounced lip is more of a Qing variation.