A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase

A flambé glazed gilt-inscribed bottle vase

Reference: ART100840

The vase is decorated later gilt to one side with peonies, roses, and millet, and to the other side with a Qianlong poem, all above a lappet band to the foot and a stylised ruyi-head band to the shoulder. The neck is decorated with archaistic kui dragons and a geometric band. The vase is covered overall with a strawberry-red glaze with purple streaks, the base is covered in a cafe-au-lait glaze.

Catalogue note: for a similar flambe-glazed vase inscribed with the same poem, see the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 182. A gilt-inscribed copper-red-glazed vase with the same poem with two seals was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1313.

Condition: a crack to the base with an associated chip to the foot; the glaze at the edges of the foot has been ground down and overpainted; wear to the gilding as expected.