A rare Chinese Imperial turquoise ground famille rose bottle vase Daoguang six character seal...

A rare Chinese Imperial turquoise ground famille rose bottle vase Daoguang six character seal mark in gold and of the period 1821-1850, decorated to simulate cloisonné with stylized flower heads, bats, shou characters and swastika motifs against a network of floral scrolls all outlines in gold on a turquoise ground, the neck with stylized animal handles, the shoulder with a band of ruyi heads, the flared rim extensively chipped, 29cm. Provenance: an English private collection from St. Ives, Cornwall. For an almost identical vase cf. Hansons Auctioneers, 10th March 2011. See also Christie's Hong Kong 3rd December 2008, Lot 259, and for a Qianlong teapot with similar decoration see S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions 2007, no.12.