Lot 117. A celadon-glazed 'Dragon and cloud' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 33cm., 13in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 9,600 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2007

the body of compressed globular form and supported on a short spreading foot, the tall cylindrical neck applied with a large down-curling chilong, covered overall with an even pale celadon glaze with scattered iron-red and grey clouds.

Note: Compare a Qianlong mark and period vase of very similar form sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 12th May 1983, lot 200; and another sold at Christie's London, 9th November 1983, lot 292. See also a smaller vase of this shape and glaze, with a dragon coiled around the neck, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 21st May 1979, lot 124; and another vase with a compressed globular body tapering to a tall trumpet neck applied with a sinuous dragon coiled around the neck, sold in these rooms, 11th December 1973, lot 360.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 16 May 2007