Blue and white baluster vase - China.

Blue and white baluster vase - China, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, so-called "wedding vase", the body decorated with scrolling foliage, floral motifs, patterned bands and "shuangxi" (double happiness) characters in blue underglaze painting, meander border around the rim, baluster form with fully sculpted pairs of shishi on the neck, unmarked,

Height: approx. 42 cm,
Weight: approx. 3900 g,

minor glaze damage, interior of the rim with remains of a Jianding export seal.