Lot 263. A fine blue-ground 'famille-rose' vase, Qing dynasty, Daoguang period (1821-1850), Shende Tang mark; height 13 3/8 in., 34 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Lot sold 140,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's 2010

the body well painted with four roundels within a gold collar, each finely painted with 'one hundred boys at play' reserved on a pale blue enamel ground between Buddhist Emblems born amidst scrolling lotus, the tall waisted neck set by a pair of stylized iron-red and gold dragon handles, the base with four-character iron-red Shende Tang zhi mark 'made for the Hall of Prudent Virtue'.

Provenance: Acquired in New York in 1958.

Sotheby's. Fine Ceramics and works of Art. 15 Sept 2010. New York