Lot 58. A matched pair of famille verte 'floral roundel' bottle vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate £2,000 - 4,000 (€2,600 - 5,100). Photo Bonhams.

Each globular bottle with a tall narrow neck, finely enamelled to the exterior with floral roundels amongst a leafy meander, the shoulder with a foliate border, the mouth with a cell diaper band, the bases with an under-glaze blue 'G' mark. The largest: 25cm (9 3/4in) high (2).

Provenance: Hancock, 37, Bury Street, St. James's, S.W.1 (label).
Heseltine Collection (label)

Notes: See two comparable vases illustrated in C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Ming & Qing Dynasties, London 1997, p. 260, no. 299.
For an identical vase, Kangxi, see Sotheby's New York, 15 September 2015, lot 287, and another recently sold at Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 312.

Bonhams. AUCTION 23541: ASIAN ART, 10:30 BST - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE