A MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

A MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

清康熙 烏金釉描金纏枝團蓮紋長頸瓶

the globular body set over a tapered foot and rising to a tall slender neck, the lustrous and even black glaze originally decorated in gilt with a lotus pattern around the body, upright plantain leaves at the base of the neck, and decorative bands at the rim suspending beaded pendants, the base glazed white

Height 17 in., 43.2 cm