A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU
China, later Qing dynasty. The heavy vase is decorated around the lower body with a broad band of foliate scroll bearing large blossoms between waves at the base and a ruyi collar at the shoulder. An apocryphal Qianlong seal mark is on the base.

Provenance: Private collection, Hessen, Germany, acquired in the 1960s/70s and thence by descent in the same family.
Condition: Good condition with old repair to one small chip at one of the tubular handles and associated hairline (only to handle). One glaze flake to lip. Minor fritting to raised bands. Some wear and fine surface scratching to glaze.

Weight: 13.2 kilograms
Dimensions: Height 44 cm

The upper body is decorated with further bands of waves, floral scroll and pendent trefoils, with the wave pattern repeated on the tubular handles and at the mouth.

Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related Hu from the late Qing period at Christies New York, September 19th, 2012, in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 1497.

大型青花雙耳壺
中國，晚清。胎體沉重，壺身多層紋飾，底部可見乾隆寄托款。

來源：德國黑森州私人收藏，購於1960年至1970年間，自此保存於同一家族。
品相：品相良好，一耳上有已修補的小開裂和髮絲裂縫（僅在耳処）。唇部一道釉面開片。 輕微窯砂。一些磨損和右面劃痕。

重量： 13.2 公斤
尺寸： 高 44 厘米