A small blue and white stem cup, Qianlong seal mark in a horizontal line and of the period. Photo Bonhams

The exterior painted below the flaring rim with eight lanca characters, each within a dense large-headed lotus scroll, the tall spreading foot with a continuous jewelled pearl string. 9cm (3½in) diam. Sold for £4,375 

Bonhams. 5 Sep 2012 11 a.m. London, Knightsbridge. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art