PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY AND GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD
TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD
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A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD
TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD
the slightly compressed globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck, brightly decorated in deep tones of cobalt with a 'heaping and piling' effect, the body with meandering composite floral scrolls between upright lappets and classic scrolls encircling the foot and a border of ruyi pendents and floral scrolls at the shoulder, all divided by one single and one double raised rib, the neck painted with plantain leaves rising from a border of key-frets below pendent ruyi heads and a band of tumultuous waves at the rim, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue
38.9 cm, 15 3/8 in.
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Read Condition Report
38.9 cm, 15 3/8 in.
Catalogue Note
Compare a similar Guangxu mark and period bottle vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Xiaoqi Ma and Runming Chen, Blue and White Porcelain of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2000, pl. 184.
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