A gilt powder-blue-ground large Rouleau Vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's

the cylindrical body gilded with shaped panels enclosing various landscape scenes or insects hovering amongst leafy floral branches, the shoulder encircled with further lobed cartouches against cellular diaper bands, similarly decorated in the neck with two rectangular panels with birds perched on prunus branches, the galleried rim and the bottom of the neck encircled with a keyfret border, skirted with petal lappets at the foot, all reserved on a mottled blue glaze, the base inscribed with a double circle;76.5cm., 30 1/8 in. Estimate 15,000-25,000 GBP. Unsold

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