Lot 67. A turquoise-glazed baluster vase, meiping, Incised Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 17.8cm (7in) high. Sold for £31,250 (€40,330). © Bonhams 2001-2016.

The elegant vase covered on the exterior with a light turquoise-blue glaze with a fine crackle, pooling to a darker hue at the foot and paling slightly on the shoulders, the rim black. 

Provenance: an English private collection 

Note: Turquoise is among the rarest of glaze colours found on marked Imperial monochromes. A related turquoise-glazed vase of meiping form, dated to the Kangxi period, but incised with dragons and floral sprays, is illustrated in Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, pl.A565. 

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET