A fine teadust-glazed vase, Qianlong incised seal mark and of the period (1736-1795) © Christie's Image 2003

The compressed body raised on a spreading foot and surrounded by a tall neck, covered overall with a finely speckled glaze of deep olive tone thinning to tortoiseshell on the mouth rim, the seal mark also covered with a tortoiseshell glaze and the bottom of the foot dressed with a dark brown wash - 13¼in. (33.7cm.) high. Lot 342. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $28,680 

Provenance: Christie's, New York, 21 March 2000, lot 378. 

Property from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III 

Notes: A similar vase of this size in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644 - 1911, London, 1986, no. 25; and another is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 256-7, no. 936. Compare, also, the vase from a private Hawaiian collection and formerly in the T.Y. Chao Collection sold in these rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 128. 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza