Lot 3513. A Very Fine Ru-Type Bottle Vase, Qianlong Period, 1736-1795. H 37.3cm. Estimate HKD 3,500,000 - 4,500,000 (USD 445,988 - 573,413). Lot sold HKD 12,744,000 (USD 1,623,203). © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited
The present vase is superbly potted with a slightly compressed globular body springing from a flared foot. It is decorated gracefully with a slender waisted neck.
Provenance: 1. Acquired in China, 1886
2. Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 237
3. Important Private Collection
4. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2011, lot.1930
5. The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. SO468.
Literature: Pure And Natural: Special Exhibition of Ming and Qing Monochrome Porcelains, Poly Art Museum, 2018, pp184-185, no.67.
Exhibited: 1. City Museum of St. Louis, 1911-1943/44 (on loan)
2. Pure And Natural: Special Exhibition of Ming and Qing Monochrome Porcelains, Poly Art Museum, 2018, no.67
