A clair de lune jar. Three-character mark. Photo Bonhams

Decorated with moulded peonies, or other floral, designs. 9cm (3½in) high; Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500, € 1,200 - 1,800, HK$ 12,000 - 18,000

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5-6 November 1996, lot 867
Acquired from Imperial Oriental Art, New York, in 2002
The Langsdorf Collection of Qing Dynasty Monochrome Porcelain, Collection no.5.

Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012, London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com