A ‘ge’-type handled vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate  250,000 — 350,000  HKD.  Lot sold. 312,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body rising from a short splayed foot to a waisted neck and gently everted rim, the shoulder flanked by a pair of loop handles with ram’s head terminals with a thin raised fillet bordering the body, applied overall with an even pale greyish-celadon glaze suffused with a network of dark brown crackles, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character Qianlong seal mark, wood stand and old Japanese box; 31.3 cm., 12 1/4  in.

Provenance: Shodo Bijutsuhin Tenran Nyusatsu Uritate Kai, Osaka Bijutsu Club, Osaka, 1967, cat. no. 187.

Sotheby's. CHINESE ART. 01 JUNE 2015 - 02 JUNE 2015 | 3:15 PM HKT - HONG KONG