A green-glazed carved baluster vase, meiping, Kangxi

The gently waisted body rising to a wide rounded shoulder carved with a wide scale-pattern band, with a border of inverted foliate lappets at the shoulder and foot, applied on either side with two lion-mask handles.  20.6cm (8in) high. Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 - Unsold.

Provenance: the Jarras Collection, England

A comparable example, but without the lion-mask handles, in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Monochrome Porcelain, Vol.37, Hong Kong, 1999, p.172.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 14 May 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com