A Chinese blue and white stem cup, Qianlong, supported on a splayed hollow stem foot angled to the cup with steep sides rising from a flat base to a flared mouth rim, the exterior painted in bright cobalt tones with eight lança characters surrounded by an undulating stem of lotus issuing large flower-heads and curled acanthus leaves, the underside with petal lappets above bands of halved florets divided by a raised rib picked out with arrowheads, the stem skirted by ruyi-heads suspending interlinked tassels, the interior with a stylized peony medallion within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the interior of the foot inscribed in underglaze blue with a horizontal six-character Qianlong seal mark, 13.4cm high清乾隆 大清乾隆年制款青花纏枝蓮托梵文高足盌

chips and cracks restoredone hairline crack to the rim approximately 2.5cm