Lot 334. A large teadust-glazed 'Chilong' vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century; 58.5 cm, 23 in. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD. Lot sold 400,000 HKD (42,991 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a tall cylindrical neck, decorated in high relief with a chilongclambering around the neck, covered overall in a teadust glaze, the base with a four-character seal mark reading Taiping huanle ('peace and happiness').

Provenance: Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), and thence by descent in the family.