Lot 605. A celadon-glazed drum-shaped vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 40,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018.

Made in imitation of a drum, the vase has a flat top encircling the wide mouth, slightly raised bands applied with rows of bosses encircling the upper and lower body, and a pair of molded mask and ring handles on the shoulders. The vase is covered overall, including the countersunk base, with a glaze of pale sea-green color thinning to a paler tone on the raised areas, box.

Provenance: California private collection; Christie's New York, 29 March 2006, lot 520. 
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

Note: A nearly identical vase from the collection of Robert Chang was sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2001, lot 390, and a pair with Qianlong marks is illustrated in Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 1979, pl. 224, nos. 271 and 272. One with a Yongzheng mark was included in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, no. 18.