Lot 1370. A teadust-glazed double-gourd vase, Qianlong incised six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 220,000 - HKD 280,000. Price realised HKD 240,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006. 

Well potted with a globular lower body surmounted by a waisted neck encircled by moulded upright and pendent petals, covered overall with a finely mottled olive-green glaze thinning to a russet-brown at the mouth rim and moulded ruyi-heads at the base of each loop handle, the base similarly glazed around the brown-washed reign mark, Japanese box.

Provenance: A Japanese private collection.

Note: A similar vase is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, no. 938; one was included in the exhibition National Treasures - Gems of China's Cultural Relics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1997, illustrated in the Catalogue, pp. 352-353; one included in the Min Chiu Society Exhibition of Monochrome Ceramics, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1977, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 100, and subsequently sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2000, lot 378; and another, previously from the Tsui Museum of Art, sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2002, lot 724.  

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