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A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period
The tapering cylindrical body with ten slightly lobed
vertical panels, painted with simulated ‘heaping and
piling’, each enclosing stylised flower blooms borne
on leafy stems and ruyi head corners, between two
continuous bands of floral scrolls, all below pendent
lappets at the shoulder and further floral sprigs
at the neck, with a later European pewter cover.
24.5cm (9 5/8in) high (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 180,000
CNY97,000 - 150,000
清嘉慶 青花花卉紋蒲槌瓶
青花「大清嘉慶年製」篆書款
Provenance: sold in these rooms, 13 May 2010, lot
253 (part lot)
來源： 2010年5月13日於倫敦邦瀚斯拍賣，
拍品253號 （其一）
The form of the present lot is unique to the Qing
dynasty, whilst prototypes of the preceding Qianlong
period are seen in various sources. Compare with
a related blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong
seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Chinese
Porcelains: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection:
Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, pl.60. Another related
example in the Huaihaitang Collection, Qianlong
seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Ethereal
Elegance: Porcelain vases of the Imperial Qing, The
Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, 2007, pl.100.

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