Lot 3656. A rare tea-dust glazed 'three rams' vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,250,000 HK. Photo Sotheby's.

with a compressed globular body rising from a rounded splayed foot to a waisted neck and flared mouth, the shoulder decorated with three ram heads, the lower neck encircled by a raised double-fillet band, repeated at the central and lower body, covered overall save for the footring with a warm mottled olive-green glaze thinning to the rim and rams' horns, the base with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown dressing; 33.3 cm, 13 1/8  in.

Provenance: A Japanese collection.
Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo.

Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 oct. 2016