Lot 271

SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GLAZED 'BATS AND CLOUDS' BOTTLE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD





Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
£5,250
Description
the globular body rising to a slender waisted neck with a broad flared mouth, supported on a slightly splayed foot, decorated in white slip with numerous bats hovering amongst swirling lingzhi clouds, reserved on a celadon ground, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue
Dimensions
39.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From a private Scottish collection of Chinese & Japanese works of art.
Note:
For a similarly decorated vase, but of Yuhuchun form, see Sotheby's sale in their New York rooms on 19.03.-20.03.2013, lot 198, sale N08974.




