A rare Chinese Export Pronk 'Trumpeter' cream jug and cover, circa 1740. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2012

Enameled on each side with a musician, one wearing a yellow robe playing a French horn, a series of gilt borders; 5½ in. (14 cm.) (2). Estimate $6,000 - $9,000

Notes: This rare pattern with its Turkish-looking musicians wearing American Indian headdresses is one of a small group of designs associated with Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk (1691-1754), though no original drawing has been discovered. Two 'Trumpeter' tea services seem to have been made, this one and one with a simpler spearhead border, possibly slightly later.

Christie's. English Pottery and Chinese Export Art, 28 January 2013, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.