Lot 262
BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
£8,750
Description
the globular body decorated with composite flowerheads borne on scrolling stems, above a band of petal lappets and below a band of pendant trefoils, the design repeated in smaller scale on the shoulder below a key-fret band encircling the base of the neck below a band of upright plantain leaves, the mouth encircled by a further band of pendant trefoils and a border of froth-capped waves, the slightly spreading foot encircled by a band of classic scroll, the base with a six-character Guangxu reign mark in underglaze blue
Dimensions
39cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Scottish Borders.
Note:
For a similar vase, see Sotheby's sale in their Hong Kong rooms on 1st June 2017, lot 694, sale HK0732.