Lot 2670. A fine Ru-type octagonal long-neck vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 21.6 cm., 8 1/2 in. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,160,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010

of lobed octagonal section, the compressed ovoid body encircled by a horizontal channel, supported on a flared foot, set with a tall ribbed neck rising to a broad everted mouth, applied overall with a greyish-blue glaze suffused with an irregular network of thin crackles, the countersunk base inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2005, lot 1303.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2010