Lot 3210. A large celadon-glazed carved 'Chilong' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 75.8 cm, 29 7/8  in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD (104,318 - 156,478 EUR). Lot Sold 1,125,000 HKD (116,409 EUR).  © Sotheby's 2018

sturdily potted with a baluster body surmounted by a tall trumpet neck flaring at the rim, the neck crisply carved with two chilong writhing sinuously amidst undulating scrolls issuing curling leaves and lingzhiblooms, the body similarly decorated with six further chilong striding through curling lingzhi foliage meandering across the vessel, all beneath a celadon glaze pooling to a deeper tone at the recesses, the white base inscribed in underglaze blue with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22nd May 1984, lot 190