DEHUA 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASE, LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY, the slightly flared neck adorned with a relief chilong dragon, above the plain compressed lower body, 9.8cm high Provenance: The Collection of Dr Bernard Watney, Bonhams, London, 13th May 2010, part of lot 304 Note: similar vases are recorded in the Dresden Japanese Palace inventory of 1721, N.21. Also see Donnelly, P.J.,Blanc de Chine, London 1969, pl.50c. Marchant London also exhibited examples in 1985 (no. 22), 2006 (no.85), and 2014 (no. 103).