Lot 324. A rare doucai zhadou. Ming Dynasty, Zhengde period (1506-1521); 10.7cm., 4 1/4 in. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 115,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the compressed globular body rising from a spreading foot to a wide flared neck, painted to the exterior with a meandering leafy floral scroll above a band of ruyi heads, the neck with ruyi-shaped scrolls separated by circles, all below a chevron band at the rim, the underside drilled with an aperture

Note: A closely related example was sold at Christie's London, 10th December 1990, lot 151.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London, 07 nov. 2012