A large 'peaches and bats' famille rose vase, Qing dynasty, with Guangxu mark and of the period (1875-1908).

Brightly enamelled around the exterior of the globular body with eight large bats in flight and reserved against a leafy peaches-scroll ground alternating with tablets and shou characters, the shoulder with a shou-character and lotus band, the tall waisted neck with further four bats amidst peaches and shou scrolls below a ruyi collar at the rim, all supported on a short spreading foot. Gilded rim. Height 39 cm.

Wear to gilding.

Provenance

Property of a Scandinavian collector, the vase was purchased in Stockholm in the 1960's, thence by the descent within the family.

Exhibitions

Compare, Sothebys, Asian Art
16 December 2010 • Paris. Lot 284.

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