A pair of  Chinese Imari Hexagonal Jardinères. Circa 1725

each supported on a flared foot, the facets gilt and painted in iron-red and underglaze-blue with lush arrays of flowering plants, featuring two pheasants upon rockwork, the flattened rim designed with alternating ruyi-head and floral sprig panels reserved against an iron-red wan-diaper ground. Minor, shallow chips to the rim. width 15 3/4 in. Estimate 8,000—12,000 USD

Sotheby's. Important Americana. 23 Jan 09. New York. photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com