Lot 179. A robin's egg glazed hu-shaped vase, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

of rectangular section, the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to a slightly flared rim, the waisted neck set with two tubular handles, covered with an even blue glaze with characteristic turquoise flecking; 16.6 cm, 6 1/2  in.

Provenance: Collection of Christina Loke Balsara.
Christie's Hong Kong, 19th January 1988, lot 277.

Exhibited: On loan to the Oriental Museum, Durham University, Durham, 1962 - 1987.

Literature: Laszlo Legeza, 'The Grace of Eighteenth Century Chingtechen Monochromes', Arts of Asia, vol. 9, no. 6, 1979, pp 97-98, no. 20.