Lot 165. A good Chinese blue and white Transitional bottle vase, Chongzhen period (1628-43). Est: £5000–7000. Sold for £5000. Photo Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions

decorated in underglaze colbalt blue with a scholarly gentleman in winged hat standing under a parasol held by dignitaries, the neck decorated with formal tulips divided by a symbols and the garlic neck with lotus scroll, 40cm high; neck restored, firing crack to the base, leans to one side

Provenance: Private collection purchased: Galerie Moderne, Brussels, March 2012.

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art, Tuesday 17 May 2016