Famille-rose floral medallion bottle vase blue enamel
Price: 111 million yuan
Date: Oct 7, 2010
Auction house: Hong Kong Sotheby
This porcelain bottle was originally made in Jingdezhen before being sent to an enamel workshop in the Forbidden City where craftsman painted flowers on it during the Qianlong period (1735-1796). At that time there were a few hundred enamel bottles specially made for the royal family and most are in museum collections.
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