A fine Chinese celadon-glazed vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, the baluster body moulded with vertical ribs, rising from a tall slightly spreading foot to a flaring rim, the exterior applied with a pale celadon glaze stopping neatly at the foot and leaving the rim white, Qianlong Minyao six character mark in underglaze blue, 35cm high, with hardwood box Provenance: Sheldon Estate, Hungerford until 2017 and then to the current owner. For a similarly shaped blue-glazed Qianlong vase see Sotheby's, London, 8th November, 2006, lot 162 and a another vase with a Chenghua mark and dated to the 18th Century, see J.Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no.199. For a pair of similar vases, in rococo ormolu mounts dated 1745-49, in the Wallace Collection, see S.Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.XCVI; and for a larger vase of this type, photographed by Major (later Brigadier General) Noel du Boulay in the Summer Palace, in October 1900, see The Oriental Ceramic Society, Transactions, 1991, p.86. 清 乾隆款青釉橄榄瓶 拍品来源：英国Sheldon Estate