Lot 61. An iron-red enamelled and gilt bottle-vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 22.8cm (9in) high. Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000. Sold for £ 6,312 (€ 7,369). Photo: Bonhams. 

Of elegant pear shape supported on a short spreading foot, boldly decorated around the body in iron-red with spiralling lines, the bulbous neck with a band of gilt chrysanthemums.  

Property from the Collection of John J. Studzinski, CBE

Provenance: Luisa Feltrinelli Doria Collection (label)
B.F.Edwards Collection (label)
H.Moog, Atlanta (label)
Vanderven Oriental Art, 's-Hertogenbosch (label)
John J. P. Studzinski, CBE.

Note: Compare with a very similar vase, Kangxi, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by C.Le Corbeiller and A.C.Frelinghuysen, Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 2003, p.11. See also a very similar bottle vase, Kangxi, illustrated by R.W.Fuchs II and D.S.Howard, Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, Winterthur, 2005, no.106.