A SMALL CHINESE RU-TYPE TWIN-HANDLED VASE

The vase is delicately potted with two stylised handles to the neck, the slightly cylindrical lower body is moulded with a ledge leading to the slender waisted neck and rounded everted rim. The vase is covered allover with an even pale blue glaze, and the narrow foot is covered in a brown wash.

Catalogue notes: Compare similar Yongzheng-period vases which have been sold, including Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1892, which was previously sold six years earlier at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 12 June 2003, lot 180. Further vases include: Sotheby's New York, 1 June 1988, lot 158;Sotheby's London, 8 June 1993, lot 109; and Christie's Hong Kong, 27 October 2003, lot 697.

A larger version (27.5 cm. high) was sold at Christie's Paris, 22 November 2005, lot 174.