A flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase. Impressed Qianlong seal mark and of the period. photo Bonhams

The tall rounded body tapering to a tall slender neck, all covered with a glaze of pale crushed-strawberry tone, paling to a milky purplish-blue in patches and at the neck, the underside of the foot with a thin café-au-lait glaze over the impressed seal mark, wood stand.47cm (18½in) high (2). Estimate: £60,000 - 100,000, CNY 590,000 - 990,000, HK$ 720,000 - 1,200,000