Lot 3452. A blue-glazed gilt-decorated bottle vase, Guangxu gilt six-character seal mark and of the period (1875-1908); 15 3/8 in. (39.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 100,000 - HKD 150,000. Price Realized HKD 112,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014

The bottle vase is well potted with a globular body and waisted neck decorated with gilt floral medallions and Shou roundels. The shoulder is decorated by a border enclosing further Shou characters amidst a floral scroll, with lotus lappets encircling the foot and pendent ruyi-heads below the mouth.

Provenance: The Yangzhitang Collection, sold at Christie's Singapore, 30 March 1997, lot 343.

Exhibited: Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, Catalogue no. 126
The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, Catalogue no. 128
Imperial Porcelain of Late Ch'ing from the Kwan Collection, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1985, Catalogue no. 126.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014