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

 The compressed pear-shaped body rising from a spreading foot and tapering to a tall cylindrical neck, all covered with an evenly-mottled dark yellow-green glaze stopping at the foot, the base with the impressed seal mark, box. 33cm (13in) high (2). Estimate: £60,000 - 100,000, CNY 590,000 - 990,000, HK$ 720,000 - 1,200,000

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 12 and 13 July 2006, lot 161
The Inder Rieden Collection

Compare a very similar vase illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.II, London, 1994, no.936. See a similar teadust vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, sold at Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2010, lot 224.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com