A rare Chinese porcelain bottle vase, Kangxi period, the slender, narrow neck painted in underglaze blue and copper red with a chi-long dragon striding forward, above a cafe-au-lait band, the body with allover blue glaze, over incised lotus flower medallions beneath a ruyi-head border to shoulder, underglaze blue seal mark within a double circle to base, 25cm high.

three very small repaired chips to upper rim, otherwise good.