Lot 1365. A fine and rare Ge-type glazed quatrefoil vase, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000. Price realised HKD 2,360,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006. 

Of an elegant baluster shape, the vase is finely potted with compressed quatre-lobed sides rising to a gently waisted neck flanked by a pair of dragon loop handles, the everted lipped mouth rim and and splayed foot of conforming foliate section, covered overall with a thick bluish-grey glaze suffused with a dense network of dark grey and honey-coloured crackles, stand, box.

Note: An identical ge-type glazed vase was in the T. Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collection, exhibited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 20, and subsequently sold in these Rooms, 31 March 1992, lot 577; while another was included in the exhibition by Eskenazi, A Selection of Ming and Qing Porcelain, November 2004, no. 17. Compare also a teadust-glazed vase of this shape, sold in these Rooms, 27 October 2003, lot 696. 

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2006