Lot Essay
Cf. two vases sold in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 591; and 29 September 1992, lot 509
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
Details
A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The globular body painted to simulate 'heaping and piling' with a composite floral scroll above a band of lotus panels and classic scroll at the foot, with a fourteen-point cloud collar below another composite floral scroll at the shoulder, the neck with upright plantain leaves and breaking waves at the flaring mouth
14 5/8in. (37cm.) high
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The globular body painted to simulate 'heaping and piling' with a composite floral scroll above a band of lotus panels and classic scroll at the foot, with a fourteen-point cloud collar below another composite floral scroll at the shoulder, the neck with upright plantain leaves and breaking waves at the flaring mouth
14 5/8in. (37cm.) high