A fine teadust-glazed bottle vase. Qianlong incised six-character seal mark and of the period. photo Bonhams

The compressed globular body supported on a short splayed foot, gently curving at the shoulder and rising to a tapering cylindrical neck, covered all over in a rich mottled olive-green glaze, Japanese wood box. 33.5cm (13 1/4in) high. Sold for HK$420,000

Provenance: Formerly in a private Japanese collection

清乾隆 茶葉末釉荸薺瓶 六字篆書款

來源：日本私人舊藏

A Qianlong teadust-glazed vase of similar form in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 25; another is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p.257, no. 936.

A similar Qianlong reign-marked teadust-glazed vase from the Toguri Collection was sold, Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 11. See also a Qianlong teadust-glazed vase sold Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2010, lot 224.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 28 May 2010. JW Marriott Hotel www.bonhams.com