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A blue and white ‘lotus’ bottle vase
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The rounded body painted in vivid blue with a continuous leafy
meander issuing six heavy blossoms above upright lappets and
classic scroll on the foot, the shoulder with a row of pendent
ruyi-head between moulded bands beneath a further floral
meander, the flaring neck with stiff lappets pointing upwards
beneath a band of waves at the mouth, wood stand.
38.5cm (15 1/8in) high (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000

清光緒 青花纏枝蓮紋賞瓶 青花「大清光緒年製」楷書款

Provenance: Arthur John Chanin (1914-1996),
acquired from P.C. Lu, Hong Kong on
19 August 1969

來源：Arthur John Chanin
(1914-1996)，此拍品於1969年8月
19日購於香港P.C. Lu

A similar blue and white bottle vase,
Guangxu period, from the Qing
Court Collection, is illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum: Blue and White
Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III),
Beijing, 2010, pl.159. Compare two
similar vases, also with Guangxu
marks and of the period, sold in
these rooms, 8 November 2012,
lots 58 and 59.

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