Lot 1371. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, circa 1635-1650; 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high. Estimate 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised 68,500 USD. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010

Well painted with a scene of a soldier/official surrounded by attendants, three holding halberds and a banner standing behind him, while he faces a groom with a horse and two further attendants carrying gifts, all between incised borders and below pendent leaf tips on the waisted neck.

Exhibited: On loan to the Portland Art Museum, 1 June 2006 - 22 June 2010; exhibited 2007-2010.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 16 - 17 September 2010