Glazed porcelain vase with blue background, Qing dynasty, with Guangxu seal

Vase of globular body and elongated neck of concave profile that ends in a wide circular mouth and rests on a short foot. 

It is decorated with multiple gilt medallions of floral motifs interspersed with birds, bats and “shou” characters. The shoulder, delimited by a border framed by two lines of different thickness, shows more “shou” characters between floral scrolls and large lotuses in bloom. The profile of the mouth has a decorative border of “ruyis”. 

With six-character seal on the base “大清光绪年制”. 

Height: 38 cm

- Provenance: acquired from KUNSTHANDEL KLEFISCH in 2013 (as indicated on the label).

- Current French private collection.