Description: A famille-rose 'hundred butterflies' bottle vase mark and period of Guangxu
the compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, painted on the exterior with the 'hundred butterflies' design divided by a band of lotus scrolls and stylised
shou characters around the shoulders, the rim and foot with
ruyi and lappet bands, inscribed to the base in iron-red with a six-character reign mark
39 cm high
PROVENANCE
Hong Kong Auctioneers and Estate Agency Ltd, Hong Kong, 18 November 1988, lot 197
Iain Clark Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Private Collection Sydney
Compare with two similar vases sold Sotheby's, London, 9 November 2016, lots 253 and 384