Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor Reign period blue and white porcelain moon vase. Thick potted vase of tapered compressed globular body, tapered gracefully toward narrow spherical neck gently wider and bulbous under the rim, supported on a concave splayed foot oval base. Two scrolling archaic pattern ribbon handles flanked from shoulder to the upper neck rim. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against cobalt fine blue color. The Center medallion decorated with flower blooms, two butterfly, and big Fu bat with Chinese calligraphy, various floral abundant and fresh foliage covered the medallion. Banded with repeating scrolling tendril and vines around the outside center medallion. The word "bat" (Fu) in Chinese sounds identical to the word for "luck" (Fu), 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. Repeating Taotie mask decorated on the upper mouth rim enclosed with double blue ring. Fu bat decorated on the Neck. The foot base rim decorated with repeated wavy cresting Lishui water. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the underglaze cobalt blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. This inadvertently gave texture, energy and shading to the design. The glaze stopping before the foot rim, revealed the pale-creme ground, with orange and grayish firing marks. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.The Under-base bears reign mark, a six underglaze blue seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.Measurements: Height: 13-7/8" Diameter: 9-7/8"