Lot 54. A Guan-type faceted vase (fanghu), Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of canted rectangular section, the pear-shaped body flanked by tubular handles on the waisted neck, covered overall in a thick ash-gray glaze suffused with a pale crackle, the footrim covered in a brown wash, seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th-21st May 1987, lot 511.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 11 sept. 2012 - www.sothebys.com