A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE VASE

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The globular body and waisted neck are decorated in gilding against the rich blue ground with scattered and variously decorated medallions between bands of petal lappets above the foot, shou characters and lotus sprays on the shoulder, and ruyi heads at the flared mouth rim.
15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high

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For a similar Guangxu-marked bottle vase, see National Museum of History: Major Holdings of the National Museum of History, Taipei, 1988, p. 72. Another example from the Kwan Collection was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 August - 25 September 1983, p. 125, no. 126.

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