A Dehua high-shouldered vase, Early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Estimate $8,000 – $12,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Covered overall with a creamy white glaze and applied with a chilong grasping a long leafy branch encircling the tall waisted neck; 8 in. (23 cm.) high, wood stand

Notes: Similar examples of this elegant form can be found in several museum collections including the Rijksmuseum (Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 242, no. 276); and in the Baur Collection (John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, vol. II, Geneva, 1969, no. A 262). See, also, the example illustrated by P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969, pl. 49 C, and also the similar vase with a taller neck illustrated ibid., col. pl. D.

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.