A CLAIR-DE-LUNE PORCELAIN BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
h. 25 cm
Shaped with a raised foot, an ovoid body and a long, narrow neck and flared rim, it is completely covered with a light blue glaze; in the centre of the base it bears the apocryphal six-character mark in underglaze blue of the Kangxi Emperor.