The antique Chinese mallet vase, also known as a "bottle vase" or "meiping," has a long and rich history dating back to the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD). The mallet vase was originally used to hold wine, and its shape was based on the mallet used to pound rice into wine. During the Tang dynasty, these vases were made in a variety of materials, including porcelain, bronze, and earthenware.

In the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD), the mallet vase became a popular form for ceramic artists, who decorated them with a wide range of designs, including landscapes, figures, and floral motifs. During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the mallet vase reached the peak of its popularity, and it became one of the most highly prized and collectible forms of Chinese ceramics.

Ming dynasty mallet vases were typically made of porcelain and decorated with intricate designs using cobalt blue underglaze more...

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Chinese purple glaze bottle vase 39 cm high approx.

Chinese Purple Glaze Vase - 39cm

Chinese purple glaze bottle vase 39 cm high approx.

Chinese Qing dynasty polychrome bottle vase 19th century, with…

Qing Dynasty Polychrome Bottle Vase with Immortals Relief

Chinese Qing dynasty polychrome bottle vase 19th century, with pierced body & eighteen immortals in relief, character marks to base, 25.5 cm high including stand

Vintage Chinese sang de boeuf bottle vase height5 20 cm

Vintage Chinese Sang de Boeuf Bottle Vase

Vintage Chinese sang de boeuf bottle vase height5 20 cm

Two glazed vases, a red underglazed youlihong pot vase with…

Glazed Vases with Dragon and Phoenix Motifs

Two glazed vases, a red underglazed youlihong pot vase with applied chilongs to the shoulder, and depicting a dragon between borders, and a yellow ground glazed bottle, vase with applied handles and decorated with phoenix and vegetal forms in green and…

A bottle vase and a Dehua type figure, 20th century, an…

Oriental Vase and Dehua Figure

A bottle vase and a Dehua type figure, 20th century, an oriental style bottle vase in cream with sparse red and green floral, decoration, and a blanc-de-chine standing figure, height 26.5 cm, and 18 cm

A moulded and carved double-gourd bottle vase, Jiaqing mark,…

Jiaqing Marked Double-Gourd Vase with Phoenix and Sun Design

A moulded and carved double-gourd bottle vase, Jiaqing mark, Republic period, the lower section with a phoenix standing amongst two peony branches, the upper section with the sun accompanied by scrolling clouds, and a dated inscription, 'first day after…

An ox-blood-glaze bottle vase, Mid to late Qing dynasty, 29 cm…

Qing Dynasty Ox-Blood Glaze Bottle Vase (1973 Acquisition)

An ox-blood-glaze bottle vase, Mid to late Qing dynasty, 29 cm diam. Provenance: Acquired in London in 1973

An underglaze blue porcelain bottle vase, Tianqiuping, with a…

Tianqiuping Porcelain Bottle Vase with Qianlong Seal Mark

An underglaze blue porcelain bottle vase, Tianqiuping, with a Qianlong seal mark, a garland on ruyi-head on the shoulder, with plantain leaves rising to the slightly flaring mouth, the bulbous body with bands of auspicious motifs, the use of heaping and…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with a dragon in high relief…

Chinese Dragon Porcelain Vase with Lotus Design

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with a dragon in high relief moulded to the neck and shoulder, the body decorated with lotus flowers and tendrils, six-character Qianlong mark under the base. Height 23 cm.

A blue and white bottle vase facsimile Qianlong type decoration…

Blue and white Qianlong-style vase with nature scene

A blue and white bottle vase facsimile Qianlong type decoration with stiff leaf, arabesque and pendant fleur-de-lis borders to the neck and collar, a continuous rock, bamboo and banana tree scene to the body above lappet borders, apocryphal Qianlong seal…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in enamels with…

Chinese Peacock Landscape Porcelain Bottle Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in enamels with peacocks in a landscape. Six character mark under the base. Height 19 cm.

A large Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in underglaze…

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase with Wooden Stand

A large Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised calligraphic motifs and foliate tendrils, raised on a carved and pierced wooden stand. Overall height 50 cm.

A famille-rose 'hundred butterflies' bottle vase, mark and…

Guangxu Hundred Butterflies Vase

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…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in famille rose with…

Famille Rose Chinese Porcelain Vase with Garden Scene

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in famille rose with figures in a garden, four character mark to the base. Height 26.5 cm.

Iron red mallet vase, Qianlong stamp with a Qian long stamp,…

Qianlong Iron Red Mallet Vase, 27cm Height

Iron red mallet vase, Qianlong stamp with a Qian long stamp, and long neck with slightly globular mid section, stamped to base, height 27 cm

Chinese specimen mallet vase the porcelain vase glazed to a…

Chinese Hongxian Marked Porcelain Mallet Vase, 20th Century

Chinese specimen mallet vase the porcelain vase glazed to a porcelain bearing a Hongxian mark, 20th century, height 16 cm

A famille rose porcelain floor vase, 20th century, the bottle…

Famille Rose Peach Blossom Floor Vase

A famille rose porcelain floor vase, 20th century, the bottle vase well decorated throughout with blossoming and fruiting peach branches, and scattered with auspicious bats, bearing an underglaze apocryphal Qianlong seal underside, height 54 cm

A Chinese blue and white floor vase, 20th century, the bottle…

Chinese Qianlong-style Blue and White Landscape Floor Vase

A Chinese blue and white floor vase, 20th century, the bottle vase continuously decorated with a traditional mountain and lake landscape populated with watercraft, figures and pavilions, bearing an underglaze apocryphal Qianlong seal underside, height 59…

A Chinese red blue and white porcelain bottle vase, in…

Phoenix and Peonies Porcelain Vase

A Chinese red blue and white porcelain bottle vase, in underglaze colours depicting two phoenix in a peony garden, drilled to base, height 29.5 cm

A famille rose porcelain bottle vase with red seal mark to base,…

Famille Rose Porcelain Bottle Vase with Red Seal Mark

A famille rose porcelain bottle vase with red seal mark to base, height 33.2 cm

A famille verte bottle vase with wooden stand with blue…

Famille Verte Bottle Vase with Wooden Stand

A famille verte bottle vase with wooden stand with blue character marks to base, height 40.5 cm (inc. stand)

A famille rose bottle vase bearing Qianlong mark to base,…

Qianlong Marked Famille Rose Bottle Vase, 29.2cm Height

A famille rose bottle vase bearing Qianlong mark to base, height 29.2 cm

Antique 19th century Chinese famille rose bottle vase, 19 cm…

19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Bottle Vase

Antique 19th century Chinese famille rose bottle vase, 19 cm high

A polychrome enamel Chinese floor vase, the bottle vase…

Polychrome Chinese Floor Vase with Bats and Flora

A polychrome enamel Chinese floor vase, the bottle vase decorated with four roundels decorated with bats and stylised flora in mint green, lemon, red, blue and black colours upon a similarly embellished aqua crackleware ground between key fret, vegetal…

A Chinese famille verte crackleware bottle vase, Qing Dynasty,…

Famille Verte Crackled Chinese Vase, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese famille verte crackleware bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, a long necked globular vase with female figures and a small child attendant engaged in a narrative in a rockwork garden landscape, with chevron borders to the rim and…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, squat circular body with tall…

Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Bodhisattva Bottle Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, squat circular body with tall tapering neck, the body decorated in underglaze blue with bodhisattvas accompanied by a dragon and a tiger. Height 27 cm

A Chinese cobalt blue glazed bottle vase height 35.2 cm

Chinese Cobalt Blue Glazed Bottle Vase (35.2 cm)

A Chinese cobalt blue glazed bottle vase height 35.2 cm

A Chinese rich copper red glazed bottle vase height 27.2 cm

Chinese Copper Red Glazed Bottle Vase - 27.2cm

A Chinese rich copper red glazed bottle vase height 27.2 cm

Chinese celadon bottle vase, of fluted mallet form, in a dark…

Dark Green Celadon Fluted Bottle Vase, 20.5cm

Chinese celadon bottle vase, of fluted mallet form, in a dark green glaze, with slight crackle, height 20.5 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, of double gourd shape with…

Famille Rose Millefiori Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, of double gourd shape with triple aperture neck, decorated in famille rose millefiori on a black enamel ground; four-character seal mark under the base. Height 22.5 cm

Early Chinese/ Anamese bottle vase, with cylindrical neck and…

Olive Celadon Bottle Vase with Cylindrical Neck

Early Chinese/ Anamese bottle vase, with cylindrical neck and ovoid body, in a olive celadon glaze, a/f, height 18 cm

Chinese 18th century blue and white bottle vase (with crazing)

Blue & white Chinese 18th c. bottle vase (crazing)

Chinese 18th century blue and white bottle vase (with crazing)

A rich copper red glazed bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, of…

Copper Red Glazed Qing Dynasty Bottle Vase

A rich copper red glazed bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, of compressed pear shape rising from a tall foot, an even shade of red then a cream colour toward the mouth rim, the glaze ending unevenly around the rough foot, height 28 cm

A yellow glazed bottle vase with incised decoration, Qianlong…

Qianlong Dragon Vase with Yellow Glaze and Incisions

A yellow glazed bottle vase with incised decoration, Qianlong seal mark, of globular form with a flared rim to the elongated neck, two five clawed dragons floating amid the clouds above a ruyi lappet band, height 35 cm

A cobalt blue glazed globular bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th…

Qing Dynasty Cobalt Blue Glazed Bottle Vase

A cobalt blue glazed globular bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, the surface covered with a deep blue glaze and ending evenly around the foot, a cream crackle glazed base, height 36 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with Qianlong seal mark to…

Qianlong Blue Porcelain Bottle Vase with Plantain Leaves

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with Qianlong seal mark to base, finely painted with uneven gradation of blue, the tapering neck with plantain leaves and floral scrolling around the body, height 35 cm

A Chinese porcelain Crushed Strawberry-red glazed bottle vase,…

Mastercrafted Strawberry-Red Chinese Porcelain Vase

A Chinese porcelain Crushed Strawberry-red glazed bottle vase, with bulbous body, 20th century, extremely well potted, and the monochrome glaze controlled, made in Jingdezhen by a master potter, height 42 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, seal mark to base, Daoguang…

Daoguang Chinese porcelain vase with floral and butterfly motif

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, seal mark to base, Daoguang 1820-1850, a long neck & globular body painted in overglaze enamel with flowering blooms & butterflies, the interior & base are enamelled in turquoise with a reserve in the centre with the iron…

A Chinese blue & white porcelain bottle vase with Wintersweets,…

Blue & White Wintersweet Porcelain Bottle Vase, 36.5 cm Height

A Chinese blue & white porcelain bottle vase with Wintersweets, height 36.5 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase with an even red glaze, Qing…

Red Glazed Chinese Porcelain Vase, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase with an even red glaze, Qing Dynasty, height 34 cm

Pair Cantonese export bottle vase & covers famille rose painted,…

Famille Rose Cantonese Vase with Court Scenes

Pair Cantonese export bottle vase & covers famille rose painted, court scenes within scattered floral & emblem ground, 39 cm height (faults)

Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, the rounded body…

Blue and White Phoenix Porcelain Vase, Kangxi Mark

Chinese blue and white porcelain bottle vase, the rounded body painted in vivid blue with two phoenix amongst flowers, with Kangxi four character mark to base, height 36.5 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, ovoid shape, decorated with…

Chinese coastal landscape porcelain vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, ovoid shape, decorated with buildings in a rocky coastal landscape, four-character mark under the base. Height 23 cm

A Chinese famille-rose garlic mouth bottle vase, Qianlong…

Qianlong Famille-Rose Garlic Mouth Vase with Garden Scene

A Chinese famille-rose garlic mouth bottle vase, Qianlong period, late 18th century, featuring an official sitting in the garden with attendants, 24 cm high

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase with flambe glaze, Qing dynasty,…

Qing Dynasty Flambe Glazed Porcelain Bottle Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase with flambe glaze, Qing dynasty, covered overall in a rich blue-red glaze thinning at the neck & pooled at the footrim, the base with a crackle glaze, condition: the footrim rough where the glaze pooled during firing,…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase enamelled with bats, Guangxu,…

Chinese porcelain bottle vase with bat and flower motifs

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase enamelled with bats, Guangxu, six character mark in iron red to base, a stylized ruyi band at the mouth, the shoulder of the vase with a band in gold & painted with flowers, interspersed with the shou character, height 40 cm

A blue and white bottle vase Qing dynasty, 18th century, the…

Blue and White Qing Dynasty Bottle Vase

A blue and white bottle vase Qing dynasty, 18th century, the ovoid body rising to a slender cylindrical neck, decorated overall with horizontal bands of shou characters between a band of lotus petals at the base and ruyi head and scroll borders around the…

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong mark seal mark,…

Qianlong Blue and White Chrysanthemum Vase

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong mark seal mark, intricately painted with chrysanthemums & dense scrolling vines between repeat lappet near the foot & on the neck, height 36 cm

A Chinese crackleware bottle vase, with a black and tan crackle…

Crackleware Chinese Bottle Vase

A Chinese crackleware bottle vase, with a black and tan crackle upon an oatmeal coloured ground. Height 16.5 cm

A fine Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with an elaborate…

Chinese Porcelain Vase with Zhong Kui Depiction

A fine Chinese porcelain bottle vase, with an elaborate Depiction of Zhong Kui, Qianlong seal mark to base, a popular figure from Chinese mythology regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts & evil beings, assisted by du Ping, his trusted friend, a flying bat…

A Ruskin pottery high fired Sang de Boeuf flambe glazed bottle…

Ruskin Pottery Sang de Boeuf Flambe Vase, 1924

A Ruskin pottery high fired Sang de Boeuf flambe glazed bottle vase, dated 1924, 27 cm high

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century…

18th Century Chinese Famille Rose Bottle Vase with Children

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century decorated with children at a table, other figure at various pursuits and with a gilt band around the knopped neck, 24 cm high

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty, late…

Famille Rose Children Playing Vase

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, with a continuous scene of children playing in a fenced garden, with lappet, key fret, stiff leaf and lingzhi mushroom borders in pastel tones, the neck with elephant…

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase. the vase well decorated…

Famille Rose Peony Bottle Vase

A Chinese famille rose bottle vase. the vase well decorated with trailing peony blooms, prunus and buds in a predominantly pink, lemon, apple and emerald green with iron red palette upon a grey white ground, bearing underglaze mark of Yongzheng within…

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, squat circular body with…

Sang-de-boeuf Tenmoku Glaze Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, squat circular body with cylindrical neck, glaze with sang-de-boeuf suffused in a tenmoku glaze. Height 16 cm

A large Chinese porcelain jun glazed bottle vase, the ovoid…

Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Bottle Vase

A large Chinese porcelain jun glazed bottle vase, the ovoid body with a tall tapering cylindrical neck, decorated with ribbons of blue suffused in a sang-de-boeuf glaze. Height 41 cm

Two 'famille-verte' decorated wares, comprising a bottle vase…

Famille-Verte Bottle Vase and Dish with Mythical Animals

Two 'famille-verte' decorated wares, comprising a bottle vase with domed body surmounted by a tall slender neck, painted on the exterior with butterflies and berried branches, and a shallow dish, the interior with a mythical animal medallion within a…

Large bottle vase bulbous spherical body in plain fine tea dust…

Guanxu tea dust glazed vase on stand

Large bottle vase bulbous spherical body in plain fine tea dust glaze, six incised character mark to base (Guanxu) on wooden stand, 35 cm height (stand damaged) Provenance: Sale, Christie's south Kensington (label to base)

A Chinese celadon vase and a brush pot. The compressed bottle…

Chinese Celadon Vase and Brush Pot Pair

A Chinese celadon vase and a brush pot. The compressed bottle vase with applied chilong handles, with scrolling vegetal motifs in low relief under a pleasing soft green glaze; and a straight sided crackleware brush pot in pale grey with a satin finish;…

Chinese pale green celadon glazed bottle vase, with applied…

Green Celadon Vase with Peach and Leaves

Chinese pale green celadon glazed bottle vase, with applied peach and leaves to the sides, with splash decoration possible early Longquan kiln. 38 cm high

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, the yellow ground with cherry…

Cherry Blossom Porcelain Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, the yellow ground with cherry blossoms & black & white birds. Height 24 cm

A Cantonese famille rose bottle vase, the compressed circular…

Famille Rose Bottle Vase with Court Scene and Symbols

A Cantonese famille rose bottle vase, the compressed circular body enamelled with a traditional court scene surrounded by a grecian key border, and enamelled auspicious symbols, 32 cm high

A Chinese pale green glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, early…

Green Glazed Chinese Vase with Bat and Wave Design

A Chinese pale green glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, early 19th century, with carved and moulded design of bats above breaking waves, 15 cm high, fitted wood stand. Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, London, 22/2/1963, . Marchant & Son

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, people's Republic of…

Chinese Blue and White Lotus Bottle Vase

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, people's Republic of China era, the carinate shaped bottle vase profusely decorated with underglaze lotus blooms and foliage to the collar and lower section between wave like borders, the neck with floral and ruyi…

A fine large Chinese polychrome bottle vase, people's Republic…

Polychrome Chinese Vase with Children Playing Scene

A fine large Chinese polychrome bottle vase, people's Republic of China era, second half 20th century, in a bright palette and richly decorated with a continuous joyful scene of children at play within a fenced garden and landscape setting, between lappet…

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase and cover decorated with…

Kangxi Blue & White Vase with Figures & Dog Finial

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase and cover decorated with figures by trees, domed cover with dog finial, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722), 19 cm high

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase decorated with flower…

Kangxi blue and white vase with flower and lotus

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase decorated with flower sprays and stylized lotus, Kangxi period (1662-1722), 20 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, The Estate of the Late John Kenny, 17/18 May 2004, Lot 132, Hancock's, 37 Dury Street, St James,…

Large Chinese bottle vase plain form with rich sang de boeuf…

Rich Sang de Boeuf Glazed Chinese Bottle Vase

Large Chinese bottle vase plain form with rich sang de boeuf glaze, 37.5 cm high

An impressive red carved porcelain Chinese vase, the bottle…

Dragon Chasing Flaming Pearl Porcelain Vase

An impressive red carved porcelain Chinese vase, the bottle vase profusely decorated throughout with dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst swirling clouds and between decorative borders. Height 56 cm

A Longquan bottle vase, Southern Song-Yuan, 13th-14th century,…

Southern Song-Yuan Longquan Bottle Vase with Lug Handles

A Longquan bottle vase, Southern Song-Yuan, 13th-14th century, with two lug handles on the neck and key fret band on the shoulder, the foot rim burned brick red, 17.5 cm high

Two Chinese vases including sang de boeuf and earthenware…

Chinese Vases: Sang de Boeuf & Earthenware Bottle

Two Chinese vases including sang de boeuf and earthenware bottle vase 31 cm; 23 cm (height)

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, Qing dynasty 19th century,…

Qing Dynasty Porcelain Vase with Gilt Bronze Stand

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, Qing dynasty 19th century, overglaze enamels in aubergine and yellow with all the green hues and outlined in black, six character iron red mark to base, on gilt bronze stand. Height 42 cm. Provenance: Sydney private…

Chinese blue & white bottle vase. Finely painted with flowers &…

Late Qing Dynasty Blue & White Vase

Chinese blue & white bottle vase. Finely painted with flowers & landscape roundels. Qianlong mark but late Qing Dynasty. Rim chip. Height 30 cm

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase in underglaze blue and white,…

Qianlong Blue and White Goat Vase

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase in underglaze blue and white, the front painted with goats sheltering behind a rock, the three friends of winter issuing from the rocky outcrop, Qianlong seal mark to base. condition: chip to rim. Height 19 cm

A pair of 19th century famille rose bottle vase form lamp bases,…

Famille Rose Bottle Vase Lamp Bases

A pair of 19th century famille rose bottle vase form lamp bases, traditional decoration to the large circular panels, bats and precious objects to the sides, four gilt salamanders raised in relief to the shoulders, drilled bases, pierced and turned wood…

A large Chinese bottle vase, 20th century, 50 cm high

Chinese 20th Century Large Bottle Vase - 50cm High

A large Chinese bottle vase, 20th century, 50 cm high

Chinese Qing style blue & white bottle vase decorated with…

Qing Peacock Landscape Bottle Vase

Chinese Qing style blue & white bottle vase decorated with peacocks in rural landscape, Qing mark to base, 30 cm height

A blue and white Chinese bottle vase, the decorative vase with…

Blue and White Chinese Cherry Blossom Vase

A blue and white Chinese bottle vase, the decorative vase with a kakiemon style cherry blossom motif to the body over a handpainted blue ground; bearing concentric blue rings underside. Height 26.5 cm

A Chinese hexagonal bottle vase in the antique manner, a…

Chinese Hexagonal Antique-Style Vase with Yongzheng Mark

A Chinese hexagonal bottle vase in the antique manner, a vibrant and intricate vase with shaped reserves of red and turquoise enclosing scenes of birds and auspicious foliage and dramatic landscape and garden pavilion scenes, with a rich floral patterned…

A Chinese flambe bottle vase, Qianlong six-character impressed…

Chinese Flambe Bottle Vase with Qianlong Seal Mark

A Chinese flambe bottle vase, Qianlong six-character impressed seal mark, 14 cm high

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, probably…

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Dragon Vase

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Qing Dynasty, probably late 18th to early 19th century, the vase of typical form with a long slender neck, decorated to the body with freely executed dragons chasing a pearl, flame clouds to the collar and neck and…

A Chinese copper-red bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th…

Qing Dynasty Copper-Red Bottle Vase

A Chinese copper-red bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century, covered with a good even langyao red glaze, paling at the rim, fitted hardwood stand. 37 cm high. Provenance: An old Melbourne Private Collection

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722),…

Kangxi Blue and White Vase with Floral Lappets

A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), the neck painted with flower sprays, reversed decorated floral lappets around the body. 23.8 cm high. Provenance: An old Armadale Private Collection

A small Chinese 'Doucai' enamelled bottle vase with gilt rim,…

Chinese Doucai Enamelled Lotus Bottle Vase with Gilt Rim

A small Chinese 'Doucai' enamelled bottle vase with gilt rim, the scrolling lotus design on a white ground, with two sections of coral-gilt ground, the turquoise base with six-character mark in underglaze blue, 16 cm high

A compressed nine peach bottle vase enamelled with nine red and…

Enamelled Peach Bottle Vase with Iron Red Bats

A compressed nine peach bottle vase enamelled with nine red and yellow peaches, a pair of bats painted in iron stone red and a six character iron red Guangxu mark to base, 32 cm high

A Compressed bottle vase a rare ink painted dragon bottle vase…

Ink Dragon Compressed Bottle Vase

A Compressed bottle vase a rare ink painted dragon bottle vase with painted script with two red cartouche panels painted on the back of the vase, a four character iron stone red base mark, 20 cm high

A Chinese iron red dragon bottle vase a five clawed dragon with…

Iron Red Dragon Bottle Vase with Qianlong Seal

A Chinese iron red dragon bottle vase a five clawed dragon with bulbous eyes, later Qianlong seal to base, 40 cm high

A fine Chinese bottle vase, probably Republic era, mid 20th…

Famille Rose Chinese Vase with Peonies

A fine Chinese bottle vase, probably Republic era, mid 20th century, well decorated in the 18th century manner with an asymmetric arrangement of peony blooms and branches in a famille rose palette of pink, vermilion, apple and emerald green upon a white…

A Chinese polychrome enamel bottle vase, Republic era, early…

Polychrome Enamel Bird & Peony Vase, Republic Era

A Chinese polychrome enamel bottle vase, Republic era, early 20th century, in the 18th century manner with birds in a brightly coloured peony and rockwork landscape below a blue lappet collar, with script to the reverse describing the peony flowers;…

A flambe-glazed bottle vase, 19th/20th century covered with a…

Flambe-glazed bottle vase

A flambe-glazed bottle vase, 19th/20th century covered with a lavender blue streaked crimson glaze thinning towards the narrow mouth 38.5 cm

Carved celadon glazed bottle vase the body and neck of the vase…

Dragon Carved Celadon Glazed Bottle Vase

Carved celadon glazed bottle vase the body and neck of the vase beautifully carved with two dragons disporting among bats and clouds under a smooth celadon ground of blue tone stopping neatly above the foot, Qianlong incised six character seal marks.…

A large Chinese famille-rose nine-peach bottle vase, Yongzheng…

Chinese Yongzheng marked famille-rose nine-peach bottle vase

A large Chinese famille-rose nine-peach bottle vase, Yongzheng mark. Decorated with the auspicious design of nine large leafy peaches growing from the gnarled branches of a flowering peach tree, and bats, the base with an underglaze blue six-character…

A fine Chinese Polyrchome bottle vase, later Qing Dynasty, late…

Chinese Polychrome Vase with Figural Roundels

A fine Chinese Polyrchome bottle vase, later Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. Well decorated with two figural roundels each depicting an elder and a small child in famille rose colours upon a lemon yellow arabesque embellished ground with passiflora and…

Large Cantonese export bottle vase with cover traditionally…

Famille Rose Cantonese Export Vase with Cover (Chipped)

Large Cantonese export bottle vase with cover traditionally painted in famille rose, 42 cm height (chipping to cover rim)

A rare Chinese yellow glazed bottle vase, incised with a scaly…

Chinese Yellow Glazed Dragon Vase with Reign Marks

A rare Chinese yellow glazed bottle vase, incised with a scaly dragon amongst flaming pearls, incised double ring to the neck, standing on very slight out swept foot rim, six reign character marks in under glazed blue in a double ring, 14 cm high. Ex Rex…

A Flecked Chinese bottle vase, of typical form, with a random…

Terracotta Speckled Chinese Vase

A Flecked Chinese bottle vase, of typical form, with a random matte terracotta speckle over a mottled brown glaze; with an underglaze faux Ming mark underside. Height 28 cm