China, 1736-1795. Well potted, the compressed globular body rising from a short splayed foot, sweeping up to a tall waisted neck. Deftly painted in deep shades of cobalt blue with simulated 'heaping and piling', the body with a wide band of composite floral scroll above stylized lappets, below a band of ruyi-heads and a narrow band of floral scroll to the shoulder, all divided by four raised fillets, the neck similarly decorated with a band of overlapping plantain leaves above a band of key-fret and below a collar of pendent trefoils, the foot encircled by foliate scroll. The recessed base with an underglaze blue six-character seal mark da Qing Qianlong nianzhi and of the period.

Provenance: From a private collection in Germany.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities. Light scratches. The neck reduced.

Weight: 2,535 g
Dimensions: Height 33.5 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related blue and white bottle vase in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 233. Compare a related blue and white bottle vase in the Shanghai Museum, published in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 15, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 2.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams London, 7 November 2019, lot 111
Price: GBP 16,312 or approx. EUR 24,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Ming-style blue and white bottle vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the similar condition, with the neck also reduced. Note the related size (32 cm).