Lot 379. A Ru-type handled vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 26.5 cm high. Sold for HK$969,200 (Estimate HK$300,000- HK$500,000). © Bonhams.
 

Delicately potted, the pear-shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a subtly lipped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of rectangular loop handles with ruyi-head terminals, covered overall with a thick pale lavender glaze suffused throughout with a transparent crackle, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, fitted box.
 

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 November 1985, lot 213
An Asian private collection

Note: Vases of this elegant form and with tassel handles; the shape of archaic bronze hu; is a testament to the technical perfection achieved by craftsmen working at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen under the Qianlong Emperor as well as his keen interest in antiquity.

See a few related examples in the museum and private collections: a teadust handled vase impressed with a Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 296. A vase of similar form with a Ru-type glaze, in the Meiyintang Collection, is published Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 4 , pt. II, London, 2009, pl. 1791. Compare also a Yongzheng version of related shape with a Guan-type glaze in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi. Yongzheng. Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 245, pl. 74.

See a teadust-glazed example, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, from the Ise Collection, later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 September 2025, lot 5092.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 29 October 2025