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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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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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

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

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)

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

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, 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 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, 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 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 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 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

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)

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

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

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 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

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 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 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 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…

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 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

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 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 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 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 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

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

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

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.

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 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 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 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, 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.

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

Chinese purple glaze bottle vase 39 cm high approx.

Chinese Purple Glaze Vase - 39cm

Chinese purple glaze bottle vase 39 cm high approx.

A blue and white bottle vase, 19th/20th century, the globular…

Blue and White Tongzhi Vase with Floral Scroll Design

A blue and white bottle vase, 19th/20th century, the globular body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck with everted mouth, moulded around the body with raised bands and painted in cobalt blue with a broad composite flower scroll between…

A Chinese provincial porcelain bottle vase, with tulip neck,…

Chinese Blue Landscape Vase

A Chinese provincial porcelain bottle vase, with tulip neck, decorated with a river landscape in inky underglaze blue, height 22 cm

A small Chinese peach bloom bottle vase, Kangxi mark, Republic…

Chinese Peach Bloom Vase, Kangxi Mark, Republic Period

A small Chinese peach bloom bottle vase, Kangxi mark, Republic period 14 cm high

A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, probably 19th century 42…

Chinese 19th Century Sang De Boeuf Bottle Vase

A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, probably 19th century 42 cm high, 17 cm wide

A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty 27.5 cm…

Chinese Qing Dynasty Ox Blood Bottle Vase

A Chinese sang De boeuf bottle vase, late Qing Dynasty 27.5 cm high

Qianlong marked bottle vase in sky blue with three egg shaped…

Qianlong Sky Blue Vase with Tree, Fisherman, and Mountain

Qianlong marked bottle vase in sky blue with three egg shaped panels depicting a tree, fisherman and mountain scene. The neck a nice pleated shape, height 32 cm

A large Chinese fine crackle-glazed globular bottle vase…

Chinese Crackle-Glazed Globular Vase, H29cm

A large Chinese fine crackle-glazed globular bottle vase (tianqiuping), previously sold in these rooms c.1990s. H29 cm

A sang De boeuf bottle vase, of typical form in an even brick…

Brick Red Sang De Boeuf Vase, 39.5cm Height

A sang De boeuf bottle vase, of typical form in an even brick red glaze, unmarked, height 39.5 cm

Chinese Ge ware mallet vase, with a spreading lip above a…

Chinese Ge Ware Mallet Vase with Iron Red Crackle Glaze

Chinese Ge ware mallet vase, with a spreading lip above a mallet shaped body, with dark and iron red crackle glaze, raised on circular foot, with beautiful nine character seal mark to base, height 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Canberra

A large Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated with…

Chinese Qianlong Blue and White Dragon Vase

A large Chinese blue and white bottle vase, decorated with dragons chasing pearls. Qianlong mark to underside, height 46 cm, width 27 cm

Old Chinese blue glaze bottle vase 16.5 cm high

Antique Chinese Blue Glaze Vase - 16.5cm

Old Chinese blue glaze bottle vase 16.5 cm high

A blue-and-white 'dragon' bottle vase, Kangxi period, 24.4 cm…

Kangxi Dragon Bottle Vase

A blue-and-white 'dragon' bottle vase, Kangxi period, 24.4 cm high. Provenance: See an Old Friend Arts and Antiques, Hong Kong, The four-claw dragon is a familiar motif during the Kangxi period. It appears in underglaze-blue and copper-red, coloured…

A blue-glaze bottle vase, Xiangfeng six-character underglazed…

Blue-glaze Xiangfeng vase with underglazed mark, 54cm high

A blue-glaze bottle vase, Xiangfeng six-character underglazed blue mark, 54 cm high

A Chinese snag de boeuf glazed bottle vase, with four character…

Chinese glazed bottle vase with snag de boeuf design

A Chinese snag de boeuf glazed bottle vase, with four character mark under the base, height 38 cm

A large Chinese bottle vase painted with a red dragon writhing…

Red Dragon Chinese Vase, Qianlong Seal, 19th/20th Century

A large Chinese bottle vase painted with a red dragon writhing around the body & neck, Qianlong seal mark, 19th/20th century. Height 34 cm, width 21 cm

Chinese antique blue glaze bottle vase height 26 cm approx.

Antique Chinese Blue Glaze Bottle Vase (26cm)

Chinese antique blue glaze bottle vase height 26 cm approx.

A peach bloom bottle vase, 19th century 23 cm high

19th Century Peach Bloom Bottle Vase (9 words)

A peach bloom bottle vase, 19th century 23 cm high

A Longguan style celadon 'Kinuta' mallet vase with fitted…

Longguan Celadon Phoenix Mallet Vase with Box

A Longguan style celadon 'Kinuta' mallet vase with fitted Japanese box with slight ly tapering cylindrical body rising from recessed base to an angled shoulder, with a pair of phoenix handles below, widely flared mouth

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, of baluster form with incised…

Incised Floral Chinese Porcelain Vase, 24cm, Yeung Estate

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, of baluster form with incised floral motifs, on circular foot, with incised seal mark to base, a/f, height 24 cm. Provenance: The Yeung Estate

A crackled celadon glaze bottle vase 17 cm high

Crackled Celadon Bottle Vase - 17 cm

A crackled celadon glaze bottle vase 17 cm high

A Chinese blue glazed bottle vase and a large celadon glaze…

Chinese Blue and Celadon Vases

A Chinese blue glazed bottle vase and a large celadon glaze covered jar the vase 32 cm high, the covered jar 25 cm high

A Chinese famille rose hundred-butterflies bottle vase, Guangxu…

Famille Rose Butterfly Vase, Guangxu Period

A Chinese famille rose hundred-butterflies bottle vase, Guangxu mark and period. Provenance: Hong Kong Auctioneers and Estate Agency Ltd., Hong Kong, 18 November 1988, lot 197, Iain Clark collection, Sydney, acquired from the above, fine Asian, Australian…

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed bottle vase, with Yongzheng four…

Yongzheng Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Bottle Vase (34cm)

A Chinese sang-de-boeuf glazed bottle vase, with Yongzheng four character mark under the base. Height 34 cm.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white famille verte vase with…

Qing Dynasty Dragon Vase with Qianlong Mark

A Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white famille verte vase with dragon pattern (Qing Dynasty Qianlong mark), this Blue-and-White Doucai bottle vase that a slender neck with slanting shoulders and round body. There is a Qing Dynasty Qian long period sealed…

Large Chinese purple glazed bottle vase 38 cm high.

Chinese Purple Glazed Vase - 38cm

Large Chinese purple glazed bottle vase 38 cm high.

Chinese Jun glaze bottle vase, with fluted sides and purple…

Fluted Jun Glaze Vase with Purple Splash, 23cm

Chinese Jun glaze bottle vase, with fluted sides and purple splash to body, height 23 cm

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated with citron,…

Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase with Fruit Decoration

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated with citron, pomegranate and peaches, in tones of yellow, puce and green, six character mark to base, height 38 cm

Pierced Chinese blue crackle glazed bottle vase featuring…

Blue Chinese Crackled Vase with Elderly Figures

Pierced Chinese blue crackle glazed bottle vase featuring Elders, mark to base, height 25 cm

Chinese Qing Dynasty sang de boeuf porcelain bottle vase, with…

Qing Dynasty Sang de Boeuf Porcelain Vase

Chinese Qing Dynasty sang de boeuf porcelain bottle vase, with cylindrical neck and baluster body, raised on a circular foot, height 31 cm. Provenance: Dr. Merna Marie Torrington collection

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated with a spray of…

Chinese Porcelain Vase with Floral and Butterfly Design

Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated with a spray of flowers, foliage and butterflies, in a white slip on a pale green ground, raised on a circular foot, six character mark to base, height 27 cm

A large Chinese blue and white bottle vase decorated with…

Ming-style Blue and White Floral Vase with Chinese Markings

A large Chinese blue and white bottle vase decorated with floral motifs in the Ming Islamic style with thirteen Chinese character marks to base. Height: 62.5 cm

A famille rose bottle vase, decorated with a figural narrative…

Figural Narrative Famille Rose Bottle Vase

A famille rose bottle vase, decorated with a figural narrative scene set in a landscape and grotto setting; with apocryphal Qianlong seal mark underside, height 22.5 cm

A Chinese song Ge style bottle vase

Ge Vase Song

A Chinese song Ge style bottle vase

Chinese Cizhou porcelain bottle vase, with a spreading lip and…

Chinese Cizhou Porcelain Bottle Vase with Painted Frieze

Chinese Cizhou porcelain bottle vase, with a spreading lip and baluster body, with painted scroll frieze and border of characters, raised on a circular foot, height 29 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Hong Kong

Early Chinese bottle vase, with cylindrical neck above a…

Cream-glazed Chinese bottle vase, J.L. Smith collection

Early Chinese bottle vase, with cylindrical neck above a tapering ovoid body, in a cream glaze with exposed lower foot, height 24 cm. Provenance: J L Smith collection, Far south coast NSW

A coral ground porcelain vase with gilt decoration, Qing…

Daoguang Qing Dynasty Coral Porcelain Vase with Gilt Decoration

A coral ground porcelain vase with gilt decoration, Qing Dynasty, bearing Daoguang mark 1821-1850, the bottle vase decorated in the round with eight immortals over waves, sprigged with bats to the neck, iron red seal mark underside, height 27 cm

Unusual 19th century Chinese figural bottle vase, unglazed, the…

19th Century Chinese Figural Bottle Vase

Unusual 19th century Chinese figural bottle vase, unglazed, the moustachioed figure with arms crossed, 27 cm high

A Chinese porcelain blue and white bottle vase, decorated with…

Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Vase with Peach Trees

A Chinese porcelain blue and white bottle vase, decorated with peach trees, six-character mark to base, height 22 cm.

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in famille rose…

Famille Rose Prunus and Pine Vase with Qianlong Mark

A Chinese porcelain bottle vase, decorated in famille rose enamels with prunus and pine trees, the design interrupted at the shoulder by a band of Bao Xiang Hua flowers, scrolls and Shou characters. Qianlong seal mark in blue under the base. Height 40 cm

A famille rose 'Hundred Bats' bottle vase, probably Republic…

Republic Period Hundred Bats Famille Rose Vase

A famille rose 'Hundred Bats' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form rising to a tall cylindrical neck, painted on the exterior with numerous iron-red bats among trailing cloud scrolls, all between a band of lappets around the base…

A famille rose 'Dragon and phoenix' bottle vase, probably…

Republic Period Famille Rose Dragon Phoenix Vase

A famille rose 'Dragon and phoenix' bottle vase, probably Republic period, of squat globular form surmountd by a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl and a phoenix in flight among trailing cloud scrolls, above a band of…