The vase is well potted of hexafoil lobed section with conforming neck and everted floriform rim, standing on a low flaring foot, all under a deep reddish-purple glaze with shades of blue and lavender running between the segments, the inside of the mouth with a pale blue glaze and the base is covered in a mottled brown glaze, wood box.

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, Kansai, acquired in the 1950s  

Note: The glaze on the present vase with brilliant tones of milky blue and reddish purple is particularly attractive and represents one of the best examples of its type. Comparable Qianlong marked-vases of this type include one illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva - Chinese Ceramics, vol. III, no. A291; one illustrated in Ming and Qing Ceramics and Works of Art from the Osaka Museum, p. 46, fig. 209; and another by Liu Liang-Yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, vol. 5, p. 207.

Christie's. IMPERIAL SALE: IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. 29 May 2013. Convention Hall.