A SMALL CHINESE COPPER-RED 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE

£200 - £300 £1,512

A SMALL CHINESE COPPER-RED 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Painted with a sinuous dragon emitting streams of vapour, the base with a Kangxi mark, 12.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr T Szema (d.1954), whose father set up a sugar business with companies and residences in Shanghai, Kobe, Kaoshung and Taipei, and thence by descent.