BLUE AND WHITE HEXAGONAL-SECTION VASE QIANLONG MARK BUT LATER each facet painted with a regular design of a central lotus flower issuing from a slender curving stem bearing further smaller blossoms and scrolling leaves, the neck similarly painted beneath a band containing foaming waves flanked by two lug handles, a keyfret band encircling the rim above a formal floral and leafy band, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark 46cm high