Lot 106. A blue and white Ming-style 'floral' bottle vase, Jiaqing six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1796-1820), 15 in. (38 cm.) high.  Estimate GBP 25,000 - GBP 40,000 (USD 32,375 - USD 51,800). Price realised GBP 25,000 (USD 32,350) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 

The globular body of the vase is decorated with a broad band of composite floral scrolls above a lappet band, all below a band of ruyi-heads and a further floral band to the shoulder. The neck is decorated with squared scroll band beneath a stiff leaf band. A band of foaming waves encircles the rim above a further ruyi-head band. The decoration is highlighted in stippled blue dots to mimic the 'heaping and piling' effect.

Provenance: Private English collection, acquired in London in the 1960s.

Note: Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2006, lot 1414; and Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1694.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics And Works of Art, 9 May 2017, London, King Street