Dimensions: 7-7/8" H x 3-3/4" Dia.

Chinese Qing Dynasty Kangxi blue and white bile bottle vase. Cylindrical shaped vase, tubular body, long straight neck forming into a slightly flared rim, with a concave footed base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The Exterior body adorned with vigorous archaic dragon standing with face forward, interspersed with scrolling flowers blooms. The neck decorated with thrashing Lishui wavy water and geometric pattern. Dragon is the symbol of the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, eternity, Yang and Yin, male vigor and fecundity, the Li-Shui wave pattern which is known to be the abode of dragons. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the underglaze grayish-blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

Mark on under base, a vertical six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, Kangxi Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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