Dimensions: 9-5/8" H x 8-7/8" Diam.

Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Qianlong blue and white bat pattern reward bottle vase. Delicately potted in a slightly flattened globular body with round shoulder gently raised the cylindrical tall neck toward the flaring rim, raised on oval foot base with a slightly concaved foot base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue color. The main body adorned with several big Fu Bat among archaic taotie mask. Auspicious pattern and interlocking key fret decorated on the upper mouth rim, enclosed with double fine blue rings lines. The word bat Fu, in Chinese sounds identical to the word for luck which is a pair of homophones implied linguistic symbolism the symbolic meaning of bat is commonly recognized as good fortune in Chinese culture and meaning the five blessings, is a concept that signify a grouping of certain good fortunes and luck in Chinese culture. The foot base rim decorated with cresting wavy Lishui water and enclosed with double fine blue rings lines. There is not any overlap of the outlines, its well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

Mark on under base, a six underglaze script characters reign mark, Qianlong Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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