Lot 34. A rare teadust-glazed pear-shaped vase, Impressed Qianlong seal mark and of the period  (1736-1795); 33cm (13in) high. Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 (€24,000 - 36,000). Sold for £ 37,500 (€ 42,090). © 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. 

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

Note: 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. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014