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A BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE ‘FLORAL’ BOTTLE VASE
JIAQING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The globular body of the vase is decorated with a broad band of composite floral scrolls above a lappet
band, all below a band of ruyi-heads and a further floral band to the shoulder. The neck is decorated with
squared scroll band beneath a stiff leaf band. A band of foaming waves encircles the rim above a further
ruyi-head band. The decoration is highlighted in stippled blue dots to mimic the ‘heaping and piling’ effect.
15 in. (38 cm.) high
£25,000-40,000 $32,000-50,000
€29,000-46,000
PROVENANCE
Private English collection, acquired in London in the 1960s.
Vases similar to the current lot have been sold at: Christie’s South Kensington, 15 July 2005, lot 417 (a (mark)
pair); Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1414; and Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot
1694.
清嘉慶 仿明青花纏枝花卉紋賞瓶 六字篆書款
來源：英國私人珍藏，於1960年代購自倫敦
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