A RARE CHINESE IMARI CISTERN AND COVER EARLY 18TH CENTURY Painted with leafy peony branches within decorative borders with dense floral scrolls, the cornice and base moulded with mythical beasts, a shou roundel and yin-yang symbols. Each side flanked by mythical beast mask handles, the cover decorated with stylised lot blooms set amongst tendrils, surmounted by a biscuit finial shaped as a crouching qilin, 62cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, Nottinghamshire.