A FINE AND RARE ENAMELLED DOUCAI PORCELAIN BOTTLE

JIAQING, 1796-1820

Details

A FINE AND RARE ENAMELLED DOUCAI PORCELAIN BOTTLE
Jiaqing, 1796-1820
Of flattened rounded rectangular shape, painted in a continuous scene in a strong underglaze blue and vibrant enamels with the so-called 'one hundred antiques,' Baigu, depicting various flower filled vases, vessels, jardinieres, tables, stands and various objects around the body, including a suspended musical stone, lingzhi and ruyi-scepter, stopper
2.5/8in. (6.6cm.) high

Provenance

Bernice Straus Hasterlik Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 1996, lot 129

Lot Essay

For another example see Christie's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 249 and also illustrated in the I.C.S.B.S., Journal, Autumn, 1998, p. 25, fig. 5.

A similar bottle is illustrated by Geng Buochang and Zhao Binghua, Zhongguo Biyanhu Zhenshang, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 171, where the authors note the rarity of this type of bottle.

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