Lot 1673. A blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 14 7/8 in. (38 cm.) high. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 242,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  

The globular body painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling' with a broad frieze of composite flower scroll above a band of petal lappets and below a triple line border and trefoil cloud collar and foliate scroll bands on the shoulder, with a band of upright leaves at the base of the waisted neck and a further trefoil band pendent from a band of cresting waves at the top, raised on a foot encircled by a band of classic scroll. 

Provenance: Acquired in 1978.