PROVENANCE:
Property from the Sui Yuan Zhai Collection
Christie's South Kensington, 14th July 2006, Lot 46
Christie's South Kensington, 12th May 2015, Lot 264

This lot is made of fine bronze partially gilt, consisting of two pieces with a bottle and a box. The bronze bottle is of slightly flat oval shape with a narrow neck, surface carved with images of phoenixes and bats. The box is of rectangular form, surface carved in relief with stylized chilong. Both of the pieces are inscribed on the bottom with the six-character mark Daqing Qianlong Nianzhi.