MING GE VASE WITH SLENDER NECK AND BULGING BELLYH: 6.8 IN. (17.5 CM)PROVENANCE：FROM THE COLLECTION OF KLAS E B??K (1909-1980), THENCE BY DESCENT. A SWEDISH DIPLOMAT AND CIVIL SERVANT. MR B??K FIRST HAD A CAREER WITHIN BANKING, THAT LED UP TO THE POSITION OF GOVERNOR OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAL BANK FROM 1948 TO 1951. HIS DIPLOMATIC CAREER BEGAN WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ENVOY FROM 1947 TO 1948. HE WAS MINISTER IN OTTAWA FROM 1951 TO 1956, AMBASSADOR IN BEIJING FROM 1956 TO 1961, ALSO ACCREDITED AS ENVOY TO BANGKOK FROM 1956 TO 1959. B??K WAS AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI, ALSO ACCREDITED TO COLOMBO AND KATHMANDU FROM 1961 TO 1965 AND IN BERN FROM 1965 TO 1972. HE HAD SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FOREIGN MINISTRY FROM 1972 TO 1975.AUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 14 MAY 2008, LOT 309PRICE: GBP 222,500 DESCRIPTION: A FINE AND RARE 'GE' FLOWER-SHAPED BOWL SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTYAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: SOTHEBY'S HONG KONG, 7 APRIL 2011, LOT 36PRICE: HKD 7,220,000 DESCRIPTION: A FINE AND RARE GE-TYPE VASE, SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONGAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）:AUCTION: CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 7 JUNE 2004, LOT 145PRICE: GBP 21,510DESCRIPTION: A GE-TYPE VASE, HU, UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIODAUCTION RESULT COMPARISON（RELATED STYLE）: A GE-TYPE LOBED DISH MING DYNASTY WAS SOLD BY SOTHEBY'S HONG KONG IN TIAMINLOU - A SMALL HISTORY OF CHINESE CERAMICS ON 30 MAY 2019, LOT 14, FOR HKD 75,000.