A pair of  'Famille-Verte' 'dragon'  bottle vases. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's

each body of pear shape rising from a spreading foot to a slender waisted neck and flared rim, brightly enamelled with three roundels enclosing a dragon, qilin and mythical beast, reserved on a ground of meandering floret scrolls on a dotted ground, all below a band of leafy chrysanthemum scroll in iron-red, the neck enamelled with further chrysanthemum scrolls against a lemon-yellow ground, skirted at the foot with lobed cartouches enclosing
half peony blooms on a diaper band. 2.0. 27.3cm., 10 3/4 in. Estimate 20,000-30,000 GBP. Unsold

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Londres | 09 Nov 2011www.sothebys.com