LARGE BLUE AND WHITE GU VASE, WANLI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

LARGE BLUE AND WHITE GU VASE, WANLI SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD, the central globe painted with alternating flowering baskets and bowls, the lower body with insects in flight amidst blossoming plants above a band of prunus on a wave ground, the neck with a band of floral scrolls and stiff leaves, 57cm high Note: A similar vase is illustrated in the Enlightening Elegance. Imperial Porcelain of the Mid to Late Qing Period. The Huanghuaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.388-391; see also Du Boulay 'The Summer Palace, Beijing 1900; An Inventory by Noel Du Boulay, Commandant 1900-1901', fig. 5, a photograph showing a vase of similar form.