Lot 104. A blue and white bottle vase, circa 1640; 37.2cm, 14 5/8 in. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,125 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot, painted with a continuous design of figures from Shui Hu Zhuan (Water Margin) in a mountainous landscape, with a thin band of scrolling foliage at the shoulder, below a wide band of stylised tulip to the waisted neck

Provenance: Acquired in China in the late 19th century.

Thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 06 Nov 2013