Lot 3010. A rare moulded 'Longquan' celadon ring-handled vase, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 27 cm., 10 5/8  in. Estimate 900,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,120,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's

of pear form supported on a slightly splayed foot, moulded around the body with a wide band of scrolling peonies above a border of upright chrysanthemum petals, the waisted neck encircled by a triple fillet interrupted by a pair of elephant-trunk dragon heads suspending ring handles, all below further ridges and a lipped trumpet-shaped mouth, applied overall with a pale sea-green glaze suffused with a fine network of crackles 

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4th/5th November 1997, lot 1389. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2013