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A CHINESE BLUE GLAZED ‘HUNDRED BATS’ BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG 1736-95
The pear-shaped body raised on a short foot and surmounted by a tall
cylindrical neck, decorated in white slip with many bats in flight amidst
stylised swirling clouds, the base also glazed blue and with an old paper
label reading ‘760’, 49.5cm.
£10,000-15,000
Provenance: formerly in the collection of the Acevedo family,
Buenos Aires.
Cf. Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 2013, lot 198 for a
Qianlong celadon-ground yuhuchunping similarly decorated
with bats and clouds in white slip; see also Sotheby’s London,
11th May 2011, lot 74 for a blue and white Qianlong bottle
vase painted with a comparable design.
清乾隆 藍地堆白雲蝠膽瓶
來源:Acevedo家族舊藏。
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