A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VENETIAN GLASS STYLE BOTTLE VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

The compressed circular body surmounted by a tall neck flanked by handles pierced with scrolls and petals, painted with flowering blooms and leafy sprays, the flared rim encircled by birds perching in branches, 26.2cm.

Cf. W R Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum, pp.122-123, no.35 for another vase of this type; see also S Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions 2003, p.55, no.36 for a pair of vases with the same design.