A blue-glazed bottle vase. Qianlong underglaze-blue six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-95)

The slightly compressed globular body supported on a short splayed foot and flanked by a tall cylindrical neck, covered all over with a deep, unctuous blue glaze thinning around the rim and stopping neatly around the foot. 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high. Est. £8,000 - £12,000. Price realised £34,850

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including Export Art. 12 May 2009. London, King Street www.christies.com