Lot 883. A Dehua 'garlic-head' bottle vase, 17th century; ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high.Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 10,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014

The vase has a compressed body and is applied with a chilong that coils around the tall neck, all covered in a milk-white glaze, box.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London.
Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection.
Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 61.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, no. 597.

Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza