Lot 3094. A fine teadust-glazed bottle vase, Incised seal mark and period of Qianlong. Estimate 900,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,120,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

well potted with a compressed globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, surmounted by a broad cylindrical neck and a rounded mouthrim, covered overall with an olive-coloured glaze flecked with a fine yellow mist, the glaze stopping neatly above the foot, the recessed base incised with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown glaze, the rounded footing left unglazed and dressed in a brown wash, wood stand; 32.8 cm., 12 7/8 in. 

Provenance: An old Japanese collection.

Note: A closely related example in the Meiyintang collection is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, pl. 936. See also a similar vase from the T.Y. Chao collection sold in these rooms, 19th May 1987, lot 294, and another example sold more recently, 8th October 2013, lot 3067. See also a slightly larger vase of this type in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, included in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 25.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Hong Kong | 08 Apr 2014