AN OCTAGONAL 'RU'-TYPE VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD

of chamfered square section, the slightly tapered upright body supported on a narrow splayed foot, with angled shoulders sloping up to the waisted neck, covered overall in a slightly mottled thick glaze of attractive lavender-gray tone, continuing over the base, the neatly finished footrim dressed with a dark brown slip, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with a six-character seal mark

Property of a Private Asian Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23rd October 2005, lot 321.

The foot rim has two small areas of glaze adhesion. The glaze is finely crazed overall, with small patches of discoloration in the craquelure. The color is more bluish-green than the catalogue image suggests.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

A closely related vase was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd May 2005, lot 693; another, 19th May 1982, lot 274; and a third example was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1st October 1991, lot 810. Compare also a Daoguang vase, with reign mark and of the period, of this form but covered in a guan-type glaze in the Simon Kwan collection, included in the exhibition Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 85; and another in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Dynasty Monochrome-Glaze Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, cat. no. 98.