A SMALL PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED 'BAMBOO-NECK' BOTTLE VASE, XIANWENPING, MID-QING
China, 18th century. Thickly potted, the globular body supported on a tall tapered foot and rising to a long cylindrical neck with a short lipped rim, the shoulder and neck each with two horizontal ribs, covered overall in a faint, mottled peachbloom glaze suffused with fine crackle.

Provenance: Old private collection in Key West, Florida, USA. Private collection in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as glaze recesses and dark spots, the mouth with some fritting.

Weight: 157.5 g
Dimensions: Height 12.5 cm

Expert's note: The Chinese term for vases with this ribbed form of elongated neck is xianwenping, literally meaning 'string pattern vase'. This design initially became popular during the Northern Song dynasty and then re-surfaced in the first half of the 18th century, notably in vases with distinct monochrome glazes, such as the Guan type (fig. 1), sacrificial blue (fig. 2) or flambe (fig. 3).

Auction result comparison: Compare a Guan-type bamboo-neck bottle vase, also dated to the 18th century but of larger size (35 cm high), at Christie's London in The Art of China on 5-13 December 2018, lot 40, sold for GBP 4,000, a blue-glazed bamboo-neck vase dated to the Qianlong period and of larger size (36.8 cm high) at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Chinese Art on 2-3 June 2016, lot 831, sold for HKD 150,000, and a flambe-glazed bamboo-neck bottle vase, dated to the Qianlong period, of larger size (35.5 cm high), at Sotheby's London in Chinese & Japanese Works of Art on 10 March 2005, lot 274, sold for GBP 4,200.

清中期豇豆紅釉洗口弦紋瓶
中國，十八世紀。瓶洗口，長頸，圓腹，高圈足，頸至腹部各有兩道弦紋。通體施豇豆紅釉，釉層肥厚，釉面滿佈開片紋。

來源：美國弗羅里達基韋斯特私人收藏；美國賓夕法尼亞費城私人收藏，購於上述收藏。
品相：品相極好，有輕微磨損和燒製缺陷，如釉面凹陷和黑斑，唇部有一些熔塊。

重量：157.5 克
尺寸：高12.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件官窯弦紋瓶，也是十八世紀但尺寸更大 (高35 厘米), 于倫敦佳士得The Art of China 2018年12月 5-13日lot 40, 售價GBP 4,000；一件藍釉弦紋瓶，乾隆時期，高36.8 厘米，于香港蘇富比 Chinese Art 2016年6月2-3 日 lot 831, 售價HKD 150,000, 一件大型窯變釉弦紋瓶 (高35.5 厘米), 于倫敦蘇富比 Chinese & Japanese Works of Art 2005年3月10日 lot 274, 售價GBP 4,200。