Vase de forme bouteille en porcelaine de Chine doucai à décor de Kui Xing sur un socle en bois, marque de shi jin tang zhi, prob. 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.