A CHINESE ENAMELLED YIXING BOTTLE VASE SIGNED SHEN XI, DAOGUANG 1821-50 The ovoid body below a tall neck and garlic-head rim, the body decorated with an impressed diaper pattern, below famille rose sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum and orchids on a blue ground to the shoulder, the neck with an applied twisted band below enamelled plantain leaves rising to the rim, on a waisted foot decorated with famille rose stylised floral scrolls on a blue ground, the base with two impressed marks, one for Shen Xi and the other reading bai, 22.7cm. Cf. Purple Clay: Wellington Wang's Collection of Yixing Wares, p.203, for a similar example. See also, Christie’s New York, 20th September 2013, lot 1415, for a related pair of vases.

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