Lot 15. A blue and white ‘floral’ bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795); 37cm., 14 1/2 in. Estimate 40,000-60,000 GBP. Lot sold 50,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck, brightly painted to simulate the 'heaping and piling' effect, the body with meandering composite floral scrolls above lappet and foliate scroll bands, the shoulder encircled by a narrow composite floral scroll above pendent ruyi heads, all below upright stiff leaves and a keyfret band around the neck, the rim with a band of breaking waves above a ruyi band, inscribed to the base with a six-character seal mark.