A Chinese ‘Ming Style’ Blue and White Vase Of bottle form, the pear-shaped body rising from a straight foot to a tall neck and straight rim, boldly painted to the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones simulating the ’heaped and piled’ effect, with a broad band of floral scroll above ruyi heads, the shoulder encircled by floral sprays above pendent ruyi heads, the neck with elongated upright plantain leaves, the rim with a band of wave pattern, the foot with a continuous scroll, the base with a six-character seal mark of Qianlong, but later. Height: 33 cm.