Lot 178. A blue-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot, to a tall tubular neck, covered in an even deep blue glaze draining to white at the rim, stopping neatly above the foot, the base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a seal mark; 44 cm, 17 1/4  in.

Provenance: Collection of Christina Loke Balsara.