Lot 3091. A 'robin's-egg' blue lantern vase, Incised seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 24.1 cm., 9 1/2  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 937,500 HKD  (88,258 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's.

of cylindrical form, finely potted with slightly tapering sides rising from a short foot to a waisted neck and slightly everted rim, flanked by a pair of flat gu-vase-shaped mock handles below the rounded shoulders, the ovoid body covered on the exterior with an opaque turquoise-blue glaze of robin's-egg type suffused overall with finely mottled dark greyish-purple, the base incised with a six-character seal mark all beneath the glaze, the unglazed foot dressed in a brown wash.

Provenance: An old Japanese collection.  

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 April 2014