A blue-glazed baluster vase, meiping, 18th century. Photo Bonhams

The elegant vase modelled with a gently spreading foot rising to high shoulders and a narrow waisted neck, covered on the exterior with a deep cobalt blue glaze, stopping neatly at the foot and paling slightly at the mouth, the interior glazed wide and the base unglazed. 20.5cm (8in) high. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,600)

Provenance: Cunliffe Collection, no.PM60
E.T.Hall Collection, no.301
Christie's London, 7 June 2004, lot 153
A British private collection

Exhibited: Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 27 October - 18 December 1948, no.243

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014 - www.bonhams.com