Lot 1633. A celadon-glazed 'drum' vase, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 16.1 cm, 6 3/8 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 680,000 HKD. photo Sotheby's 2009

the barrel-shaped drum with sides rising to a flat incurved mouth, studded with a row of bosses around the top and near the foot, the sides set with pair of high-relief molded animal-heads securing mock-ring handles, covered overall with an even celadon-green glaze, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: E.T. Chow Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th November 1980, lot 96.
Christie's London, 5th July 1983, lot 310.