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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Italy in the 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
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A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE For a similar gilt-decorated blue-ground Guangxu-period bottle vase, see
VASES National Museum of History: Major Holdings of the National Museum of
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILT AND OF THE PERIOD History, Taipei, 1988, p. 72. Another example from the Kwan Collection was
(1875-1908) exhibited in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong
Each globular body and waisted neck is decorated with gilt foral and animal Kong, 13 August - 25 September 1983, p. 125, no. 126.
medallions interspersed with shou characters, and the shoulder is encircled by
a band of lotus scroll interspersed with further shou characters, with stylized
lotus lappets encircling the foot and pendant ruyi-heads below the gilded rim. 清光緒 藍釉描金團花紋賞瓶一對 描金六字楷書款
15⅛ in. (38.4 cm.) high (2)
£10,000-20,000 US$14,000-26,000
€12,000-23,000 來源: 意大利私人珍藏, 1950年代在意大利所購, 家傳至今

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