Lot 177. A large Dehua vase, gu, 17th century.  Estimate 12,000 — 16,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. 

the tall cylindrical body rising to a flared rim from a spreading foot, with a raised central band, divided vertically with four flanges, each panel with a small stylised taotie on a leiwen ground, covered in a milky-white glaze - 44.4 cm, 17 1/2  in.

Provenance: Collection of Christina Loke Balsara.

Note: A similar smaller example is illustrated in Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc De Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley, 2002, p. 4., pl. C.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 09 nov. 2016, 11:30 AM