Lot 1145. An unusual Guan-type ribbed bottle vase, 19th century, 16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 134,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 

Heavily potted, with lobed body below the plain cylindrical neck which is flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles, covered overall with a pale blue glaze suffused with wide golden-brown crackle that ends in a neat line on the brown-dressed unglazed foot ring, the base similarly glazed, with a Yongzheng seal mark on the base.

Note: A very similar vase of comparable size (16¾ in.) with Qianlong seal mark, and of the period, was sold in our Paris rooms, 14 June 2006, lot 365.  

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