A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' LANTERN VASE

QIANLONG 1736-95

The ovoid body painted with a pair of lion dogs standing beneath a pine tree amidst rockwork and lingzhi, with two bats in flight above them, the reverse simply decorated with bamboo growing beside a rock, with sprays of bamboo to the waisted neck, all raised on a tall foot decorated with geometric designs, 36.4cm.