Lot 141. A rare teadust-glazed ovoid vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 13 1/4  in., 33.5 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000. Lot sold 87,500 USD. © Sotheby's.

of tapering ovoid form, the rounded sides broadening to a sloping shoulder before sweeping to a waisted neck and flaring rim, covered overall in a finely speckled olive-colored glaze, the footring dressed in dark brown, the base carved with a six-character seal mark coated in a burnt-toffee-toned glaze. 

Provenance: Collection of Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse (1820-1901), Sweden.

Note: closely related vase sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1802; and an example from the collection of Ella Jaffe sold at Parke-Bernet New York, 20th-21st November 1973, lot 542.

Count Posse was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880-1883. This vase was reputedly gifted to his granddaughter, Amelie Posse-Brázdová (1884-1957), as a christening gift.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM