Lot 3202. A rare celadon-glazed octagonal lobed vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795), 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high, box. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,600,000 (USD 193,688 - USD 335,726). © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The vase is divided into eight bracketed lobes, moulded on the neck and shoulders with horizontal ribs, covered overall with an even glaze of pale sea-green tone. 

Note: Vases of this type are rare with only very few known examples. A Qianlong celadon-glazed vase of this form is illustrated in Yamanaka & Company, Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, New York, 1943, no. 1265. Another was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 451. A third one was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 328.

A fine celadon-glazed lobed archaistic vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong, 21.5cm., 8 1/2 in. Sold for 3,480,000 HKD at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 328. Photo: Sotheby's. 

Christie's. The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 31 May 2017, Convention Hall