Lot 312, A Famille-Verte bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of globular form rising to a tall cylindrical neck and rolled rim, with stylized floral medallions borne on leafy scrolls, the shoulder with alternating flower heads on an aubergine ground, the neck with further stylized floral meander and surmounted by a diaper cell band, the base with an underglaze blue 'G' mark. Height 9 1/4  in., 23.5 cm

Provenance: Collection of J. F. Woodthorpe.
Sotheby's London, 6th April 1954, lot 72.
John Sparks, Ltd., London.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1980s.

Exhibition: Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty (1644-1912), Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1951, cat. no. 69.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 16 mars 2016, 10:00 AM