CHINA - GUANGXU period (1875 - 1908) - Lot 91

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CHINA - GUANGXU period (1875 - 1908) - Lot 91
CHINA - GUANGXU period (1875 - 1908) Two porcelain bottle vases forming a pair decorated in blue underglaze in the style of Ming porcelain of the 15th century with imitation of "heaping and piling" on the body of a frieze of six stylized flowers including lotus and peonies in their foliage, topped by a frieze of ruyi and a frieze of flowers, the neck decorated with a frieze of banana leaves, the neck of waves foaming and frieze of ruyi. The foot is decorated with a frieze of lambrequin topped by lotus petals. On the reverse, the six-character mark in kaishu of Guangxu. (Chips on the neck of one). H. 38.6 and 39 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Henry, Earl Okelly, Commissioner of British Customs, who arrived in China in1898 . Remained in his descendants. Reference: Similar vase in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 36 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 174, no. 159.
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