Small porcelain vase “Beast and lotus” with mark on base

Small ceramic vase of balustraded profile with elongated neck on which are arranged two handles in the form of an elephant's head and 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