Lot 3335. A rare small flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase, Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795);6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) high. Estimate HK$500,000 - HK$800,000 ($64,669 - $103,470). Price Realized HK$937,500 ($121,216). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The vase is potted with a compressed globular body raised on a splayed foot ring and rising to a tall and slender neck, covered overall with a thick glaze of crushed raspberry tone with streaks of purple and blue and thinning to a mushroom on the mouth rim, the base is covered with a mottled café-au-lait glaze, Japanese wood box

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1980s 

Christie's. THE IMPERIAL SALE / IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 1 June 2016, Convention Hall