Lot 934. A grisaille-enameled faux-marble bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 16 in., 40.6 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a long slender neck, with three roundels reserved on a ground of swirling grisaille, sepia, and shades of iron red simulating marble, the circular scenes finely painted with familial gatherings, the borders, rim, and foot all highlighted in gilt, the interior and base enameled turquoise and the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Sotheby's.  Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019