Lot 1144. A copper-red-glazed pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), 11¾ in. (30 cm.) high. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 218,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 

With full, elegant body tapering towards the waisted neck which then flares out to the rim, the exterior covered in a glaze of dark cherry- red color ending at the white rim and in a neat line at a line of white glaze on the slightly spreading foot, the white glaze on the interior with a faint blue-green tint.

Note: Qianlong-marked vases of this type are included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, no. 697. Another from the Hellebronth and Bernheimer collections, was included in the exhibition, Chinesische Keramik, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, 1988, no. 110. See, also, the slightly smaller vase (11 3/8 in.) sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29 May 2007, lot 1530. 

Christie's. Magnificent Qing Monochrome Porcelains and Earlier Works of Art from the Gordon Collection, 24 March 2011, New York