PROVENANCE: Sotheby's New York, 21st September 2004, lot 307

NOTE: More commonly found in the Yongzheng period, as a similar vase in this elegant form in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Qingdai danse you ciqi tezhan, National Palace Museum, Taipei, cat. no. 37, demonstrates, this type of vase with a monochrome glaze was also made in the Qianlong period. Compare a closely related Qianlong example sold in these rooms, 18th March 2008, lot 150; another, 27th March 2003, lot 62; a slightly smaller example was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27th April 2003, lot 168.

A blue-glazed saucer. Yongzheng mark and period. photo Sotheby's

the generous rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a lipped rim, covered overall with a rich dark blue glaze draining to white at the rim - diameter 6 3/8 in., 16.4 cm. Est. 8,000—10,000 USD. Lot Sold 20,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Roger Keverne, London, 2007