Lot 910. An underglaze blue and copper-red-decorated pale blue vase, Qianlong four-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014

The ovoid body is decorated in underglaze blue on one side with bamboo growing amidst rocks and copper-red lingzhi, and on the reverse with a butterfly in flight below a further lingzhi sprig on the neck between the two scroll handles, all against a pale blue glaze that also covers the base. The foot is covered with a dark brown dressing..

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