RARE VASE EN PORCELAINE A FOND BLEUMarque et époque Qianlong (1736-1795)A SLIP-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED VASEQianlong seal mark and of the periodOf tall ovoid shape, painted with three white cranes with incised plumage and red crests standing on rockwork under a gnarled tree painted in dark cobalt blue with copper-red blossoms, the reverse with a large spay of bamboo in dark blue, all over an even pale purplish-blue glaze of attractive colour thinning almost to white at the flared lip, the foot treated with a brown wash, the base glazed in blue.48.5cm (19 1/8in) high.Provenance: 清乾隆 天藍地青花釉里紅瓶青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款ProvenanceSotheby's Hong Kong, 21 and 22 May 1979, lot 235來源:香港蘇富比，1979年5月21日至22日，編號235