Pequeño jarrón de porcelana "Bestia y loto" con marca en la base Small ceramic vase with a balustraded profile and an elongated neck with two elephant head handles and a wide mouth. Decorated in blue and red underglaze iron on a white background, it shows in the center a mythical beast surrounded by scrolls of leaves and in the neck a small lotus in flower framed between scrolls. The rest of the body is decorated with superimposed decorative stripes of blue tonality. With a six-character mark on the base "聚顺美玉堂治" Height: 16.5 cm; Base diameter: 4.6 cm; Mouth diameter: 4.1 cm.

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