A large Chinese guan-type hexagonal vase, Qianlong seal mark and probably period, of elegantly proportioned baluster form and hexagonal section, covered with a pale blue-grey glaze suffused with a fine 'iron wire' crackle, the base glazed and with a six-character seal mark in blue, 48cm high. Provenance: S.Weinberg collection, thence acquired at Ruef Kunstauktionen, Munich, by Mrs Eben Richards in 1965. Purchased from the Richards family estate by the present vendor during the 1990s.