Lot 1904. A fine and rare Ming-style blue and white ovoid vase, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 9 5/8 in. (25 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,800,000. Price realised HKD 1,820,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2010.

The ovoid body raised on a spreading foot encircled by a band of petal lappets, and moulded with double bow-string borders enclosing bands of composite foliate and lotus scroll interrupted by a pair of moulded dragon mask and ring handles at the shoulder, all above a band of wind-tossed waves on the lower body repeated in a border at the mouth rim above a band of upright leaf tips on the waisted neck.

Provenance: An English private collection, London
Robert Chang, Hong Kong, early 1970's
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2008, lot 2566.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 31 May 2010