A large gilt-decorated powder-blue-glazed garlic-mouth vase, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The globular body raised on a spreading foot and tapering towards the bulbous neck, gilt-decorated with a petal lappet and key-fret border on the foot and with traces of further gilt decoration on the body, with a double circle in underglaze blue on the foot; 18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1977.

Literature: A. Juliano, “Robert H. Ellsworth Treasures the East,” Architectural Digest, October 1985, p. 106.

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.