Asian Art I - 12th November 2014
Lot 289
A Chinese blue and white bottle vase
Estimate £25,000 - £35,000
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Description
A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, yuhuchunping six character Qianlong seal mark and probably of the period, the pear-shaped body painted with a rocky fenced garden with plantain and bamboo, between bands of elaborate lappets, foliate scrolls and stiff leaves 28.5cm.
Provenance: formerly a private European collection.
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum III, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, p.167, no.153, for a similar vase with a Xianfeng mark.