PROPERTY FROM THE YIP FAMILY COLLECTION A BLUE AND WHITE AND GILT DECORATED BOTTLE VASEKangxi period Based on an Islamic prototype, the waisted foot embellished with gilt and supporting a pear-shaped body decorated with four bulb-form palmette-like medallions flanked by gilt bat and chime swags under stiff bands and abstract blossoms at the shoulder and neck separated by gilt bands under a chocolate brown band near the floral accented rim. 8 7/8in (22.5cm) high 清康熙時期 青花描金瓷瓶 Provenance: Purchased in the 1960's and 70's, by repute; in the family collection prior to 1978 來源： 傳家族購于二十世紀六十至七十年代，1978年前已入藏 This shape bears close relation to the rose water pourers of the 17th century. See Rose Kerr and Luisa E. Mengoni. Chinese Export Porcelains . London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011 plate 154, pp. 109. For a vase of a closely related shape to the current lot, see Regina Krahl with John Ayers. Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Seray Museum, Istanbul Volume III, Qing Dynasty Porcelains . London: Sotheby's, 1986, pp. 908, figure 2058 dated to the late 17th century.