Lot 827. A blue and white 'lotus and dragon' vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 187,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

rising from a splayed foot to a bulbous neck, the tall ovoid body painted with a broad band of archaistic dragons writhing among lotus scrolls, between upright leaves collaring the neck and pendent plantains skirting the base, the bulbous rim further painted with lotus, the base left white; 43.5 cm, 17 1/8 in. 

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15th May 1990, lot 171.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong | 02 Jun 2016