Lot 348. A Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong underglaze blue six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 14½ in. (37 cm.) high. GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000. Price realised GBP 18,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.

The globular body of the vase is delicately painted to simulate 'heaping and piling', with a band of composite foliate scroll above a border of petal lappets. There is a further foliate scroll and a ruyi-band around the shoulder, and the neck has upright leaves rising from a key-fret border. There is a wave-band and a further ruyi border to the flared mouth rim, and the foot has a classic scroll. 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, London, 13 May 2014.