Lot 349. A pair of blue and white Yenyen vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662 – 1722); 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimate 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 31,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

each baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck and everted rim, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt-blue tones with four arch-shaped panels enclosing birds perched on fruiting and flowering bushes issuing from rockwork, all between moulded and painted lotus-lappet bands at the base and collar, the neck similarly painted with panels between a ribbed chevron and a moulded lappet band, the interior of the rim with a geometric floret band, the base with a ruyi spray within double circles.