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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
A FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Details
A FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The vase is finely decorated in bright enamels to the neck and body with a multitude of colourful butterflies scattered evenly around the surface. There is a decorative band of lotus scrolls interrupted by shou characters at the shoulder, all between a pendant ruyi band around the neck and upright lappet band around the base.
15 5/8 in. (39.5 cm.) high
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
The vase is finely decorated in bright enamels to the neck and body with a multitude of colourful butterflies scattered evenly around the surface. There is a decorative band of lotus scrolls interrupted by shou characters at the shoulder, all between a pendant ruyi band around the neck and upright lappet band around the base.
15 5/8 in. (39.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the UK over the past 60 years.
Brought to you by
Samantha Yuen