A CHINESE CELADON GLAZED SLIP-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE, BIQIPING

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

Rising from a short spread foot to a tall cylindrical neck which gently flares towards the rim, each principal side decorated in white slip with a ruyi sceptre and qing surrounded by leaves and a bat, with stylised archaistic beasts dividing the designs, all against a pale greyish-green ground, with the reign mark to the base in underglaze blue, 33cm.

Provenance: from an American private collection and thence by descent. Purchased from William Clayton Limited on 10th July 1974. A copy of the invoice is available.

Cf. Christie's New York, 14th-15th September 2017, lot 1266 for a comparable two-handled Qianlong mark and period vase with similar decoration in white slip.