A Chinese blue and white bottle vase, yuhuchunping six character Qianlong seal mark and probably of the period, the pear-shaped body painted with a rocky fenced garden with plantain and bamboo, between bands of elaborate lappets, foliate scrolls and stiff leaves 28.5cm.

Provenance: formerly a private European collection.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum III, Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, p.167, no.153, for a similar vase with a Xianfeng mark.