A Blue and White Bottle Vase, 18th/19th century, the ovoid body well painted in inky tones of cobalt with two birds perched on the gnarled trunk of a willow, staring at two flying bats, and the waisted neck similarly decorated with a tree and bat, wood stand , H:38cm.,star crack across base, otherwise good condition. Previously sold at Gardiner Houlgate, Bath, lot 342, 25 March 2011, from a private collection of Chinese Export Porcelain