Pair of Chinese porcelain bottles, decorated in the Imari palette, Kangxi reign.

Two very fine Chinese export porcelain bottles, decorated in the Imari palette with rock, trees, flowers and butterflies, c. 1720, Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, h. 16,5 cm, 6½ in. 2.11050

Illustrated: 100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain, by A. Varela Santos, 2014/2015, cat. 55.

◆ These bottles were copied from a European glass model and were kept in groups of four or six in a wood box with lock. The small size makes them very unusual.

十分精美的中國外銷瓷伊萬里方瓶兩隻，繪有山石、樹木、花卉和蝴蝶紋飾。約1720年，清康熙。高16.5 釐米，6½ 英吋。

插图: 《百年中国外销瓷》 阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2014/2015, 目录 55。

◆ 這類瓷瓶模仿歐洲玻璃器型, 按一組四或六只保存在 加鎖的木盒里。超小的尺寸使其不同尋常。