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The blue and white procelain bottle vase offered at Hotlotz timed auction, estimated at Sin$1000-2000.

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They include this blue and white pear-shaped porcelain bottle vase decorated with a design of five-clawed dragons on a crashing wave ground.

The 15in (39cm) high vase, which has a six-character Yongzheng mark within a double circle to the base, was presented to Sir Oliver by Zhou Enlai, the first premier of The People’s Republic of China on the occasion of his first state visit to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in late 1956-early 1957.

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The mark on the base of the blue and white procelain bottle vase offered at Hotlotz.

The vase has an estimate of Sin$1000-2000.

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