SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED 'BATS AND CLOUDS' BOTTLE VASE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD the globular body rising to a slender waisted neck with a broad flared mouth, supported on a slightly splayed foot, decorated in white slip with numerous bats hovering amongst swirling lingzhi clouds, reserved on a celadon ground, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue 39.5cm high