A small 'eel-skin'-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong incised seal mark and of the period (1736-1795) © Christie's Image 2003

With bulbous body, tapering neck and galleried mouth rim, covered overall with a finely speckled dark olive-green glaze, including the base surrounding the tortoiseshell-glazed mark - 7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high. Lot 344. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000. Price Realized $17,925 

Notes: Compare the similar vase with the more usual teadust glaze, and Qianlong mark illustrated in Porcelain from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 162. Another is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 256, no. 935 and another is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 164, no. 135. See, also, the similar Qianlong-marked vase from the Goldschmidt Collection sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 64. 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza