A Guan- Type Porcelain Melon-Form Vase 19th century the elongated body carved with lobes around the sides, all beneath a greyish blue glaze suffused with fine black crackles, the underside bearing an apocryphal Chenghua four-character mark. Height 14 1/4 inches. Estimate 6,000-8,000 Property from an Important Chicago Collection Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, May 19, 1978, lot 594 Height 36.2cm