GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE WITH COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 清 灑藍地描金花鳥紋將軍罐 sturdily potted on a gently flared foot, raised to globular body and short straight mouth, painted in gilt with peony sprays and birds below a floral and bat collar, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a knob finial, the base painted with a double-circle in underglaze blue (43cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: Provenance: From the estate of Sir Ian Tofts Campbell CBE (1923-2022), Scotland. Sir Ian Campbell served with the Royal Navy from 1942. Following the end of the war, he left the service in 1946. He retired as managing director of Crown Wallpapers in 1978. He was also an officer of the Order of St John, director of the Conservative Board of Finance from 1978-1990 and director of finance and administration for the Scottish Conservative Party from 1988-90. During the mid 1980s he was an Edinburgh District Council councillor and a JP. Made a CBE in 1984, and he was knighted in the 1988 New Year’s Honours.