Lot 220. A blue and white vase, Ming Dynasty, Chongzheng period (1628-1644); 45.4cm., 17 7/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 5,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the tapering cylindrical body rising to a waisted neck flaring at the rim, painted with jardinières of flowers in a garden including lotus, crab-apple, camellia and daisies, all below a lappet band, the neck with bamboo and lingzhi.

Provenance: Collection of George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby.
Sotheby's London, 12th June 2003, lot 1099.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 november 2015