Lot 1783. A flambé-glazed bottle vase, 18th century; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011. 

With ovoid body and tapering neck, the exterior and interior of the neck covered with a finely streaked glaze of reddish purple and milky purple tone draining to mushroom color at the rim, the base partially covered with a white-tinted glaze, wood stand.

Provenance: Greenwald Collection no. 55.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 55.