A robin's egg-glazed bottle vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Photo: Sotheby's

elegantly potted with a globular body molded round the center with a double-bowstring band, rising to a tall waisted neck encircled by four evenly-spaced bowstrings simulating nodes of bamboo, surmounted by a galleried mouth rim, all raised on a splayed foot, the thick and unctuous mottled lavender and turquoise glaze covering the exterior, base and interior of the neck. Height 8 1/2  in., 21.6 cm. Estimation 5,000 - 7,000 USD

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com