Lot 856. A small Guan-type pear-shaped bottle vase, Yongzheng six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735); 5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 125,000. © Christie's Image 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) highLtd 2020.

The globular body tapering to a tall cylindrical neck, covered overall with a bluish-grey glaze suffused with a golden crackle, the foot rim covered with a brownish-black dressing.

Provenance: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (successor Frank Caro), New York, 24 October 1957.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Exhibited: New York, China Institute, 18th Century Marked Imperial Porcelain in Sung Tradition, 29 November 1956-10 January 1957.

Note: A Yongzheng vase of this form with a pale grey Ge-type glaze in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Selection of Ge Ware: The Palace Museum Collection and Archaeological Discoveries, 2017, pp. 268-69, no. 131.

Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, New York, 24 September 2020