The globular body is finely painted in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with a composite floral scroll above a band of lotus petals and classic scroll at the foot, and below a trefoil cloud collar and another composite floral scroll around the shoulder. The tall neck is further decorated with key fret and upright plantain leaves, and breaking waves at the flaring mouth. Height 37.5 cm.
Starcrack.
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Compare with a vase sold at Bonhams, lot not 71, Fine Chinese Art, 15 May 2014, London, New Bond Street.
A similar Guangxu-period vase is illustrated 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.