A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE VASES

GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILT AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)

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A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE VASES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILT AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each globular body and waisted neck is decorated with gilt floral and animal medallions interspersed with shou characters, florets and yin and yang motifs, and the shoulder is encircled by a band of shou characters amidst lotus scroll. The base is decorated in gilt with four lotus flowers borne on leafy scrolls surrounding a rectangular panel enclosing the mark.
15 in. (38 cm.) high, boxes

Provenance

Christie's London, 9 November 2010, lot 231.

Lot Essay

Compare the similar vase sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1350, where the medallions are similarly spaced and not overlapping as sometimes seen on vases with this pattern, such as the vase illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 126.

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