Glasgow saleroom Mulberry Bank will offer a late 18th century Qing famille rose bottle vase with an estimate of £1.5m-2m in its October 20-21 auction, writes Roland Arkell.
The 13in (32cm) vase, with an unusual turned-down ruyi mouth and a typical array of enamelled auspicious emblems and flowers to the imperial yellow ground, carries a calligraphic Qianlong (1735-95) four-character mark to the base. The latter is thought by consultant Douglas Wright – who has given the vase a clean bill of health – to denote the early years of the reign of the fifth Qing emperor Jiaqing (1795-1820).