Lot 14. A fine blanc-de-chine cylindrical vase, 17th-18th century, incised six-character Xuande mark;  40cm (15¾in) high. Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 (€12,000 - 18,000) - Unsold. Photo courtesy Bonham's

The tall slender body gently flaring at the foot and shoulder and decorated with applied branches of flowering prunus beside heaped rockwork and incised grass and applied bamboo leaves divided by two handles formed as lion-heads beneath a row of ruyi head lappets at the shoulder. 

Provenance: a Swiss private collection

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street. 7 Nov 2013