A blue and white ‘Three Kingdoms’ jar, circa 1640. Photo Sotheby's

the ovoid body rising from a straight foot to a wide neck, brightly painted to the exterior with a scene fromSanguo Yanyi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) depicting Liu Bei riding on a horse galloping into the river with two armed figures by the shore in a landscape, all below a band of pendent lappets; 17.8cm., 7in. Estimation 6,000 - 8,000 GBP 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London | 06 nov. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com