A large powder-blue-glazed vase, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate $15,000 – $25,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The broad pear-shaped vase raised on a wide, spreading foot and covered with a mottled powder-blue glaze retaining faint gilt-decoration of various forms of shou characters beneath a key-fret border on the white-edged, upright rim; 14 in. (36 cm.) high

Provenance: Probably the Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1943, no. 1254.

CHRISTIE'S. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART III - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: QING CERAMICS, GLASS AND JADE CARVINGS, 19 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.