Lot 309
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A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND VASE

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A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND VASE
GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The globular body and tall flaring neck decorated with scattered mons containing flowering plants, insects, birds, animals, shou characters and emblems, divided by a molded band painted with lotus sprays and shou characters encircling the shoulder, with a ruyi collar below the mouth rim and a lappet border above the foot, interior and base also glazed blue, the nianhao under the glaze and appearing black, gilding rubbed--15 1/4 in. (38.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a similar vase illustrated by Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th Century, London, 1987, col. pl. 127, p. 91 and a pair included in the exhibition, Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, S. Marchant and Son, London, June 1992, Catalogue no. 62