Lot 1. An underglaze blue and copper-red vase (meiping), Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Height 8 3/4 in., 22.2 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 11,875 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the high shouldered body tapering to a slightly splayed foot with a waisted neck, painted around the central section with the 'Three  Abundances', sanduo, peach, pomegranate and longan sprays each borne on leafy stems, all between stylised lotus lappets and plantain leaves, apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012