FINE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
£10,471
Auction: 31 May 2016 at 19:00 BST
Description
the tapering cylindrical body rising from a spreading foot to canted shoulders, surmounted by a cylindrical neck, the exterior decorated with ten elongated rectangular panels containing flower-heads on leafy stems, bordered by two bands of scrolling foliage, the shoulders with pendant shaped lappets, the neck with further floral sprays
Dimensions
30.8cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From the Collection of Edward Cozens-Smith, Esq. (1834-1925), 16 Kensington Square, London; subsequently acquired by the Cozens-Smith family at the Maple & Co. Auction on 26th March 1928.
Note:
The present lot belongs to a group of very similar imperial blue and white bottle vases made during the Qianlong period. For a directly comparable example of nearly the same size, see Sotheby's sale in their New York rooms on 11th September 2012, lot 50.