An ormolu-mounted famille verte powder-blue vase and ormolu cover. The porcelain Kangxi, the later mounts probably French. Photo courtesy Bonhams.

The vase decorated with three circular medallions enamelled in the famille verte palette and variously containing a phoenix in flight above tree peony, a peacock flying above blossoming chrysanthemum branches and a duck swimming beside lotus, the medallion separated by smaller fan-shaped and loved square cartouches containing other birds and flowers, all reserved against a powder-blue-ground gilded with a fish, a crab and a lobster. Overall 46.5cm (18¼in) high (2). Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 (€9,600 - 12,000). Unsold.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street. 7 Nov 2013 - www.bonhams.com