Lot 736. A white-glazed molded soft-paste porcelain 'garlic head' bottle vase, 18th century; 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 17,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019

The vase is finely molded on the body with a continuous band of composite flower scroll below bands of plantain leaves and key-fret at the shoulder, and above chrysanthemum petals above the foot, all below a garlic-head-form mouth surrounded by ruyi-heads.

Provenance: Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.

Christie's. Chinese Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 12 September 2019