A rare 'Clair-De-Lune'-glazed 'Apple' jar, pingguo zun, Mark and period of Kangxi. Photo: Sotheby's.

of compressed globular form, elegantly potted with generous rounded sides rising from a concave base to an incurved mouthrim recessed into the shoulder, applied overall with a pale lavender-blue glaze, save for the base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark written in three lines; height 6.5 cm., 2 1/2  in. Estimate 400,000-600,000 HKD. Lot Sold: 500,000 HKD

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26th October 2003, lot 64.