Lot 116. A rare turquoise-glazed vase, meiping, Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 24cm (9 1/2in) high. Estimate £6,000 - 10,000. Sold for £ 35,000 (€ 40,205). © Bonhams.

Rising from a slightly flared foot to high rounded shoulders, surmounted by a waisted neck and rounded mouth rim, covered overall with a lustrous turquoise-blue glaze, pooling neatly above the foot ring and base of the neck.

Provenance: a European private collection and thence by descent.

Note: Turquoise is among the rarest of glaze colours found on marked Imperial monochromes. A turquoise-glazed meipingvase, 18th century, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, no.25.