Lot 3420. A fine blue and white Ming-style bottle vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 800,000 - HKD 1,200,000. Price realised HKD 1,360,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

The bulbous body of the vase is painted in fifteenth century style with a broad band of composite foliate scroll above a petal lappet band and classic scroll on the foot. It is further detailed with a foliate scroll above a ruyi band on the shoulder, and upright leaves rising from a keyfret band on the neck below a wave band below the flared mouth rim, box.

Provenance: Sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2009, lot 738.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Including The Su Zhu An Collection of Inkstones), Hong Kong, 27 November 2013