A POWDER-BLUE-GROUND GILT-DECORATED 'DEER AND CRANE' BOTTLE VASE, GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD China, 1875-1908. Finely painted in gilt to the globular body with two stags in a forest with pine trees, two long-tailed birds perched on a gnarled branch, and craggy rockwork, below a band of alternating stylized Shou characters and flowerheads surrounded by scrolling vines at the shoulder, and to the neck with a crane standing in front of a pine tree, all below a band of ruyi heads below the rim. The recessed base with a six-character mark da Qing Guangxu nianzhi and of the period. Provenance: From an old German private collection, and thence by descent in the family. Condition: Good condition overall commensurate with age, old wear, mostly to gilt, and some firing flaws. The body with several circumferential glaze hairlines, near invisible to the naked eye. For a detailed video of the vase shot under strong blue light, please refer to the department. Weight: 3,771 g Dimensions: Height 38.5 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related gilt-decorated powder-blue-ground vase, also Guangxu mark and period and with similar decorative bands, but painted with bats amid clouds, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 26 March 2010, lot 1432, sold for USD 20,000. 光緒款與年代霽藍釉描金“鹿鶴同春“瓶 中國, 1875-1908年。撇口，細長頸，肩部裝飾凸弦紋，圓腹，圈足。通體施霽藍釉，釉面濃淡一致。紋飾以金彩描繪，口沿繪如意紋，肩部繪纏枝花卉和壽字紋，近底部繪仰蓮紋，線條細膩流暢，華貴雍容。腹部描繪鹿鶴同春，寓意六合同春，天地萬物欣欣向榮。圈足内”大清光緒年製“六字款。 來源：德國私人老收藏, 自此保存在同一家族。 品相：總體狀況良好，與年齡相稱，舊磨損，主要是鍍金部分；還有一些燒製缺陷，身體有幾條細微釉面裂紋，肉眼幾乎看不見。 在強藍光下拍攝的花瓶的詳細視頻，請垂詢團隊。 重量：3,771 克 尺寸：高 38.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近霽藍釉描金瓶，光緒款與年代，金彩描繪蝙蝠祥雲紋， 見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 26 March 2010, lot 1432，售價USD 20,000。