A large Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, late Qing dynasty to Republic period 青花纏枝蓮紋鋪首瓶 晚清至民國

Of substantial scale, “Hu” form, the shoulder flanked by a pair of mythical beast handles, adjacent to a band of eight Buddhist treasures, the majority of the body decorated with interlocking lotus scrolls and foliate motifs, all above a border of lotus lappets, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the underside.  
H: 21 ¼ in. 

Provenance

Gift to Harold Bender (Philadelphia, 1899-2003) prior to WWII, from a colleague who had acquired the vase in China
Thence by descent to the present owner 

來源：
二次世界大戰前贈與Harold Bender(費城 1899-2003)，其同事得於中國
家族內傳承