A Chinese blue and white Ming-style bottle vase, tianqiuping
Qianlong seal mark but probably 19th Century
The globe form body rising to an elegantly waisted neck and flaring rim, decorated in the Ming style with mixed flowers amid scrolling foliage between lappet and leaf scroll borders to the foot and ruyi-head, flower scroll and key fret borders to the shoulder, the neck with stiff banana leaves beneath a further ruyi and wave band to the rim, with carved hardwood stand.
38cm high (base drilled)
Sold for £700
Condition Report
Drilled to the underside through the seal mark, presumed for conversion to lamp, with associated hairlines extending from drill hole. Otherwise only negligible signs of age.
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