A very rare bottle vase with lambrequin decoration. China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Photo Auktionshaus Stahl.

Porcelain with iron-red painting and gilt decorattion. Elegant bottle vase with lean neck. The wall with 4 revolving floral ornaments underneath a sumptuous lambrequin border with chrysanthemum flowers on a foliage underground. The shoulder and neck with dense lancet leaves border. Double-circle mark. Some wear to the glaze of the mouth. H. 44 cm. Estimation : 9 000 €

For a nearly identical vase see: Bushell, L'Art Chinois, Paris 1910, pp. 208-209, fig. 141.

Regarding the decoration of the neck and the shoulder see a very similar decorated baluster vase from the coll. of the Saxon King August the Strong, dated Kangxi-period: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellan Sammlung. Führer durch die ständige Ausstellung im Zwinger, Dresden 1998, p. 66.

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