A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE the body finely painted with a dignitary and attendants standing on a terrace next a pavilion waiting to receive an official and his servants bearing gifts with a plantain and swirling clouds beyond, the garlic-shaped neck painted with stylized tulips and a floral scroll (small rim chip), circa 1650

A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE the body finely painted with a dignitary and attendants standing on a terrace next a pavilion waiting to receive an official and his servants bearing gifts with a plantain and swirling clouds beyond, the garlic-shaped neck painted with stylized tulips and a floral scroll (small rim chip), circa 1650
41.5 cm. high

Cf. Butler, Medley, Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, cataloque, no. 38. for a bottle vase of similar shape. The author notes that this shape only appears in China during the 'High Transitional' period (1634-1643) and is derived from a Turkish 16th Century pottery shape.