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This porcelain bottle was originally made in Jingdezhen before being sent to an enamel workshop in the Forbidden City where craftsman painted flowers on it during the Qianlong period (1735-1796).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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