Lot 23. An iron-brown splashed celadon vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 7 in., 17.7 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of baluster shape and rectangular section, the neck flanked by animal-shaped loop handles, covered with a sea-green glaze diagonally splashed with iron-brown to suggest inclusions in hardstone, the four-character seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th November 1981, lot 711.
The Goldschmidt Collection of Qing Imperial Porcelain, Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13th November 1990, lot 61.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012