A famille-rose 'dragon' bottle vase, Mark and period of Guangxu. Estimate  180,000 — 250,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 300,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

well potted with a globular body supported on a slightly splayed foot, sweeping up to a waisted neck and flared rim, deftly decorated around the exterior with a five-clawed dragon and a large phoenix, reaching for a 'flaming pearl' and a shining sun respectively, all among multicoloured clouds and above castellated lappets, the shoulder surrounded by further dragons chasing pearls and the neck painted with the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems' wreathed by flowering sprays, the gilt rim encircled by yellow ruyi, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark; 41 cm., 16 1/8  in.

Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 13th November 2003, lot 522.

Sotheby's. CHINESE ART. 01 JUNE 2015 - 02 JUNE 2015 | 3:15 PM HKT - HONG KONG