A Ming-style blue and white vase (Hu), Seal mark and period of Daoguang | 清道光 青花纏枝花卉紋鋪首耳壺 《大清道光年製》款

This vase belongs to a distinct group of blue and white wares from the Qing dynasty with motifs adapted from early 15th century porcelain on forms inspired by bronze prototypes. Vases of this form were first produced at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen during the Yongzheng period (1723-1735) and were produced in large quantities during the Qianlong period (1735-1795). See, for example, a Qianlong mark and period vase in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 2. 

Vases of this form from the Daoguang period are rarer, however see one illustrated in Geng Baochang, Ming Qing ciqi jianding [Connoisseurship of Ming and Qing Porcelains], Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 510; and another sold in these rooms, 29th May 1991, lot 273.