Lot 595. A 'Ge-type' double-gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 11cm., 4 3/8 in. Estimate 350 — 450 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 

the tapering square body rising from a short tapering foot to a pear-shaped upper section, covered overall with a pale-grey glaze suffused with a matrix of dark-grey and gold crackles.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 196.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 08