Lot 1371. A fine teadust-glazed pear-shaped bottle vase, Qianlong impressed six-character sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 12 7/8 in. (32.5 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 360,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006. 

The compressed globular body tapering towards the tall slender neck flaring slightly at the mouth rim, raised on a slightly spayed foot, covered overall with a lustrous glaze finely speckled dark olive-green tone, wood stand, Japanese box.

Provenance: Property of a Japanese collector.

Note: A similar vase of this size in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R. Kerr, Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, London, 1986, no. 25; and another is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 256-7, no. 936. Compare, also, the vase sold in our New York Rooms, from the Ralph Heineger collection, 20 September 2002, lot 370.  

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2006