Daoguang mark and of the period|Of circular section with rounded sides rising to a sharply angled shoulder, tapering to a cylindrical neck flanked by tubular handles, all supported on a short foot, the unglazed foot ring enclosing a glazed base centered by a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue, the glazed surfaces of pale, grayish-green with a network of dark brown and very light tan crackles. 11 3/4in (30cm) high|清道光 官窰式貫耳瓶 《大清道光年製》款ProvenanceCollection of John Hill Morgan (1870-1945), Farmington, Connecticut, thence by descentJohn Hill Morgan was a lawyer, prominent collector of Americana, an authority on portraits of George Washington, a professor and assistant curator of American painting at Yale, a New York state legislator and a director of Bank of America. Around 1915, Morgan began a social hobby of collecting Chinese art alongside a group of Brooklyn friends who did business with China and this vase was most likely purchased at that time. For a vase with similar glaze, also with Daoguang mark and of the period, see Christie's, London, 8 November 2011, lot 362.