Lot 24. A copper-red celadon-glazed 'Dragon' vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 13 1/4 in., 33.5 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 35,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the body of compressed pear form rising to a flared rim, applied with a sinuous chilong coiled around the sloping shoulder, the lustrous pale blue-green glaze with splashes of russet-brown and blue-black, the unglazed foot stained brown, seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1983, lot 254.