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A PAIR OF GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND BOTTLE VASES
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN GILT AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Each globular body and waisted neck is decorated with gilt foral and animal medallions interspersed with
shou characters, forets and yin and yang motifs, and the shoulder is encircled by a band of shou characters
amidst lotus scroll. The base is decorated in gilt with four lotus fowers borne on leafy scrolls surrounding a
rectangular panel enclosing the mark.
15 in. (38 cm.) high, boxes (2)
$35,000-45,000
PROVENANCE (base)
Christie’s London, 9 November 2010, lot 231.
Compare the similar vase sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1350, where the
medallions are similarly spaced and not overlapping as sometimes seen on vases with this pattern, such
as the vase illustrated in Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1983, no.
126.
清光緒 藍釉描金團花紋賞瓶一對 描金長方框六字楷書款
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