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1003848001
Description
Chinese porcelain bottle, overpainted in Germany. The cylindrical bottle is decorated with overall carved lotus scrolls on the body and rose and camellia sprays on the neck, which originally was slightly flared; the base bears underglaze-blue double rings. The sides are overpainted in black and gold with an elaborate exotic figure scene, showing on one side a Chinese gentleman with a tall fan, and a lady accompanied by a servant with a fruit bowl, and between them a figure kneeling on the ground as if performing a kotow and a large phoenix swooping down at him; on the reverse, separated by large trees, is another exotic-looking couple with a child heading towards the scene, the man carrying a sword, the lady a fan, and above them another phoenix. A mountainous landscape with a pyramid, pavilions and other buildings is visible in the background and decorative shrubs are filling the foreground.
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