Lot 186. A slip-decorated blue ground vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 53.5cm., 21in. Estimate 2,500 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,250 GBP. © Sotheby's.

of elegant bottle-shape with tall narrow neck and supported on a short straight foot, decorated around the body in white slip with birds and insects amidst flowering branches and all reserved on a rich blue ground, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark in underglaze-blue.

The Julian Thompson Study Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014