Lot 193. A mirror-black-glazed vase, meiping, 18th century; 13 1/16 in. (33.3 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000 (USD 13,020 - USD 19,530). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.

The vase is sturdily potted with high, rounded shoulders below a short, waisted neck, and tapers towards the slightly flared foot. It is covered on the exterior with a lustrous black glaze ending just above the foot rim. The interior and the recessed base are covered with a transparent glaze.. 

Provenance: Hugh M. Moss Limited Oriental Works of Art, London, 17 April 1974.
Property of a Private European Collector. 

Note: 'Mirror-black' is mentioned by Père de'Entrecolles, who was at Jingdezhen in 1720, as a high temperature glaze coloured with low-grade Chinese cobalt (an iron-manganese-cobalt mixture). See another mirror-black-glazed vase, dated to the Kangxi period, from the collection of Professor E. T. Hall, sold at Christie's London 7 June 2004, lot 193.