Lot 238. A pair of blue and white sleeve vases, Transitional period, 17th century. Height 10 1/8 in., 25.8 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 13,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of cylindrical form rising to a short wide neck with everted rim, painted with a continuous scene in varying shades of underglaze blue with birds in flight and at rest amongst rockwork and foliage, the flat base unglazed (2). 

Provenance: Christie's London, 29th June 1982, lot 87.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM