Lot 2237. An unusual pair of Longquan celadon bottle vases, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century; 12 1/2 in. (31.9 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 1,710,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

 Each vase is well potted of elegant pear shape supported on a slightly spreading circular foot, each with a globular body gently tapering towards a long straight neck everted at the mouth and covered all over in an attractive even light sea-green glaze suffused with a network of diagonal crackles, Japanese wood box (2).

Provenance: A Japanese private collection
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1756 

Note: The Japanese box accompanying the present lot states that the vases were used as sake bottles.

Christie's. Imperial Sale; Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 29 May 2013, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall