A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN ‘EGRET AND LOTUS POND’ BOTTLE VASE, MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD, 1573 – 1620 明 萬曆青花蓮紋蒜頭瓶 The pear-shaped body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall narrow neck with garlic mouth, painted around the exterior with three egrets in a lotus pond, the neck with a sinuous chilong amidst scrolling lotus Height: 28cm Length: 13cm A similar bottle vase sold at Sotheby’s London, 14 May 2014, lot 213 for £5,000 Condition Report The bottle has a 2cm hairline rim crack, a c.12cm glaze hairline to the lower body and light glaze scratches.