Lot 3671. A fine Guan-type octogonal vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795), 14.5 cm, 5 5/8  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

of compressed octagonal section, the pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a tapering neck, the neck flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, applied evenly overall save for the footring with a pale greyish-blue glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2008, lot 2508.