Lot 3727. A blue and white vase, zun, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795);  25.1 cm., 9 7/8  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD (45,982 — 68,974 EUR). Lot sold 625,000 HKD (71,847 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

of archaistic zun form, well-painted in brilliant cobalt-blue tones with simulated 'heaping and piling', the baluster body encircled by two bands, the upper with continuous lotus scroll, the lower with a composite floral meander, all between slightly raised double-line borders, the shoulder set with animal mask and mock-ring handles, below the waisted flared neck decorated with stiff ruyi-bordered upright plantain leaves and a narrow wave band around the rim, the lower register with a further wave band above a band of pendant petal panels encircling the high flared foot, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 25th October 1975, lot 208.
Christie's New York, 17th September 2008, lot 458.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 07 oct. 2015