A GILT-DECORATED POWDERBLUE BALUSTER VASE, KANGXI China, 1662-1722. Of hexagonal baluster form and finely painted in gold around the body with a palace amid manifold calligraphies, the waisted neck with prunus, bamboo and orchids, all between various forms of bands, flanked by pairs of stylized dragon handles. Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Old collector inventory numbers and inscriptions painted in black ink to base. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Condition: Good condition. Minor firing flaws to one handle and foot rim. Some wear to gilding. Single drilling to base. Weight: 6.7 kg Dimensions: Height 53.2 cm Literature comparison: Compare with a related pair of hexagonal powder blueglazed vases, 18th century, but with later European ormolu gilt-bronze mounts, illustrated by John Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. II, London, 2016, p.561, nos.1358-1359. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related pair of vases at Bonham's London in Fine Chinese Art, 7 November 2019, lot 74, bought-in at GBP £10,000. 霽藍釉描金雙耳瓶，康熙 中國，1662-1722。六角形瓶，霽藍釉底，描金花卉紋亭臺樓閣以及詩詞，龍形雙耳。 來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。底部可見黑色老藏家收藏標簽。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。 品相：品相良好，執耳與足部邊沿有輕微燒製瑕疵。描金処有一些磨損，底部有一個鑽孔。 重量：6.7 公斤 尺寸：高 53.2 厘米 拍賣歷史：一對相似的描金雙耳瓶2019年11月7日于倫敦邦翰思以GBP £10,000成交。