A BLANC-DE-CHINE GU-SHAPED BEAKER VASE 18th century The slender body rising from a splayed foot to a trumpet neck, the neck incised with two seven-character poetic lines, the central raised body with bamboo and peonies. 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high Footnotes: 清十八世紀 德化白瓷劃花題詩花觚 Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1977, lot 573 The Hall of Refined Elegance, no. V73 來源： 香港蘇富比，1977年5月19日，拍品編號573 香港小雅之堂收藏，編號V73 The inscription reads: 遠上寒山石徑斜 白雲深處有人家 which may be translated as: On the cold mountain path afar, in the deep white clouds, a home there are. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing