A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'BUTTERFLY' BOTTLE VASE

SIX CHARACTER GUANGXU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1875-1908

The ovoid body surmounted by a tall flaring neck, the exterior finely painted with brightly enamelled butterflies in flight between lappets encircling the foot and a band of ruyi-heads around the rim, the shoulder decorated with shou characters, lotus and stylised foliage contained within gilt bands, 39cm.

Cf. Marchant, Selected Chinese Porcelain from the Collection of Professor D R Laurence, pp.54-5, no.30 for another Guangxu vase with an almost identical design.