A Guan-Type bottle vase.  Qianlong underglaze blue  six character seal malk in and of the period  (1736-1795). photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012

The vase has a compressed body rising to a long cylindrical neck, and is covered overall in a crackled, pale greyish-blue Guan-type glaze. 6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) high. Lot 347. Estimate £100,000 - £150,000

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 15 May 2012. London, King Street