It is very rare to find a vase of this imposing size to be decorated in a subdued monochrome glaze. The most comparable vase is a slightly smaller Yongzheng example of similar shape and covered with flambé glaze, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 258.

Qianlong vases of this size and form are usually decorated in the famille rose palette with the classic 'Hundred Deer' motif. Cf. one such vase in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 338, pl. 19.