Note: Compare a small Ge-type bottle vase with a Qianlong four-character mark illustrated in Ethereal Elegance, Porcelain Vases in the Imperial Qing, the Huaihaitang Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007, no.48, p 178. Similarly, compare with a guan-type small Qianlong mark and period bottle vase from the same collection and illustrated in the same book, no. 36, p 154. A very similar but slightly smaller (10 cm. high) vase also with a Qianlong four-character mark from the collection of Stephen Junkunc III was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 633.

A small Guan-type bottle vase, Qianlong four-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), from the collection of Stephen Junkunc III; 3 7/8 in. (10 cm.) high. Price realised USD 39,400 at Christie's New York, 19 March 2008, lot 633. © Christie's Images Ltd 2008. 

Covered overall with a pale grey glaze suffused with black crackle ('iron wire') connected with some pale gold crackle ('golden thread'), the bottom of the foot covered with a brown dressing. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

Provenance: Stephen Junkunc, III.