A Chinese doucai bottle-shaped and inscribed 'Kui Xing' vase on wooden stand, shi jin tang zhi mark, possibly Kangxi

H 23,5 - 19 cm (with and without base)

Kui Xing riding the back of the mythical ao or dragon-fish, his right arm raised holding a brush, the left clasping an ingot, clad in a loincloth and billowing scarves beside the North Star, the reverse with a poetic inscription and seal, all beneath the mouth rim with a band of triangles.