Canton enamel vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th/20th century, finely decorated with flowers, fruits and insects on a turquoise ground, with blue Artemisia leaf mark to underside, height 17.3 cm. Provenance: Property of a Lady, Sarah J. Conger Nee Pike, wife of the American Ambassador in china, c. 1898-1905, thence by descent. Private Collection Sydney (by, repute)