A blue and white porcelain long-necked vase. Transitional period. Photo Bonhams

Its compressed globular body painted with a continuous scene of suppliants offering gifts to an official standing beneath a parasol in a garden while stylized flowering plants encircle the long neck above and below convex band of leaves and flower petals, the celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad. 14in (35.5cm) high. Sold for US$12,500

A blue and white porcelain censer. Transitional period. Photo Bonhams

Thickly potted with simple bombé walls raised on a tall foot ring with recessed and unglazed base, the glazed interior well without decoration and the exterior walls depicting five figures including Hotei and one other luohan in a continuous landscape of faceted rocks and trees. 7 1/2in (19 cm) diameter. Sold for US$3,750

A blue and white porcelain gu-form vase. Transitional period. Photo Bonhams

Potted with a flared rim to the elongated and waisted walls divided into registers by bands of incised scrolls separating an upper panel of 'One Hundred Antiques,' a dense leaf scroll band at mid-section and descending banana leaves above the flared base, the slightly concave base area left unglazed.17 1/2in (44.5cm) high. Estimate: US$4,000 - 6,000 - Unsold

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 Dec 2011. California, San Francisco www.bonhams.com