Qianlong double gourd vase

Decorated with dragons and bats gliding above clouds and sea.  Broken and partially repaired. A great sample for studying late Qianlong porcelain.

Size: 7 in. (17.78 cm.) Dia x 12 in. (30.48 cm.) H

Provenance:  From Dr. Robert I-San Lin, a senior Chinese artwork appraiser, whose grandfather was a major Chinese antique dealer in early 1900s. (Dr. Lin’s bio, in Journal of Authentication of Artworks, 2015, is available on request).   Brought to California in 1960s