Lot 2840. A fine large robin's-egg enamelled lantern-form vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 15 in. (38.1 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 375,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.

The ovoid vase is potted with a slightly waisted neck standing on a short ring foot, covered overall with a rich mottled enamel of blue and turquoise tones, box.

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s London, 16 June 1998, lot 260 (one of a pair)
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2013, lot 171.

Note: The pair to the present water pot, which was originally sold together at Sotheby’s London, 16 June 1998, lot 260, was sold again at Sotheby’s London, 6 November 2013, lot 157. A Yongzheng water pot with the same decoration is in the Palace Museum Collection (museum no. Gu00150292), is recorded on the museum website digital archive (fig. 1).

Another similar iron-red decorated water pot, also with a Yongzheng mark and of the period, previously in the E. T. Chow Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 November 1980, lot 127. Another pair of the same pattern, with Yongzheng marks and of the period, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 31 October 1974, lot 291.