A blue-glazed pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

The exterior all under a deep violet-blue glaze stopping at the white mouth rim and around the spreading foot, the base with an Imperial underglaze-blue zhuanshu seal mark. 32cm high. Estimate HK$ 300,000 - 400,000 (€29,000 - 39,000). Unsold

For examples of blue-glazed vases of this type, compare a similar Qianlong mark and period vase from the Jinguantang collection of T.T. Tsui, sold at Christie's London, 5th November 1997, lot 863.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014