Lot 100. An underglaze blue and copper-red double-gourd vase, 18th Century; 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 600 - GBP 1,000. Price realised GBP 1,195. © Christie's Images Ltd 2002.

The lower body of spherical shape, the waist with a raised band, the upper body of pear shape, painted in underglaze copper-red with prunus blossom on an underglaze blue cracked-ice ground, rim frits and shallow chip.

Provenance: S. Marchant and Son, London.

Christie's. Chinese Ceramics & Chinese Export Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 12 November 2002