Lot 3036. A tea-dust glazed bottle vase, incised seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 33 cm., 13 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 680,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

of elegant pear shape, with a swelling ovoid body rising from a short splayed foot to a slender neck, covered overall in a yellow-speckled olive-green glaze, the base incised with a six-character seal mark, the foot and mark dressed in a brown slip.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011