A blue and white bottle vase, Seal mark and period of Daoguang | 清道光 青花如意纏枝花卉紋賞瓶 《大清道光年製》款

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A blue and white bottle vase

Seal mark and period of Daoguang

清道光 青花如意纏枝花卉紋賞瓶 《大清道光年製》款

the globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted neck and a flared rim, moulded around the stepped shoulder and the body with fillet, the body brightly painted to simulate the 'heaping and piling' effect, depicting meandering composite floral scrolls above lappet and foliate scroll bands, the shoulder encircled by a narrow composite floral scroll above pendent ruyi heads, all below upright plantain leaves and a keyfret band around the neck, the rim with a band of breaking waves above a ruyi band, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Height 36.8 cm, 14 1/2 in.