Lot 667. A blue and white garlic-necked bottle vase, Transitional period, circa 1640. Estimate 6,000 — 9,000 USD. Lot sold 8,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

a globular form with tall slender garlic neck supported on a short spreading foot, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with a scholar and attendants in a garden, the neck with four bands of stylized blossoms and foliage. Height 16 1/8  in., 40.9 cm

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 7th December 1983, lot 338.