Lot 3622. A flambé-glazed meiping, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 23 cm., 9 in. Estimate 70,000 — 90,000 HKD . Lot sold 162,500 HKD. © Sotheby's.

robustly potted, the round shouldered tapering baluster body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a narrow short waisted neck and a lipped mouthrim, applied overall save for the base with a glossy milky lavender-blue glaze cascading down resembling a waterfall, gathering in the unctuous pool of pale cobalt-blue glaze concentrating below the shoulders, suffused with a fine network of crackles, the base incised with the character qi ('seven'), wood stand.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong,  08 October 2014