Lot 165. A fine small blue and white 'Lotus' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 17 3/4  in., 45.1 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. © Sotheby's.

the globular body raised on a short straight foot and rising to a tall neck with curved galleried rim, delicately painted with multiple bands of scrolling lotus, the wider band further painted with stylized bat pendants dangling chimes and double-fishes, the bands separated by raised filets between single-line borders, apocryphal Chenghua mark, box (2).

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th April 2004, lot 316.