A blue and white bottle. Ming dynasty, Wanli period - Sothebys

the globular body rising from a short foot to a tapering neck with lipped rim, painted with shaped cartouches variously enclosing peach, pomegranate, peony and chrysanthemum on stools wrapped with brocaded textiles, all below ruyi-shaped lappets decorated with smaller ruyi heads against a diaper ground, the neck similarly decorated, all divided by trellis, stiff leaf and keyfret bands, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2 - 28.2cm., 11 1/8 in. Estimation: 7,000 - 9,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: A Japanese Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai 2013 www.sothebys.com