Lot 59. A pair of blue and white jars and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Each 32.5cm (12 3/4in) high. Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 (€9,700 - 12,000). Sold for £ 12,500 (€ 14,030). Photo Bonhams.

Each painted in a lively style in a vibrant underglaze blue with four lobed cartouches each containing an archaistic gu vase and books beneath two fan-shaped cartouches enclosing a scholar with a fan on a terrace, all beneath further books and scrolls, the cartouches each flanked by a leafy spray of peony beneath long stems issuing blossoming lotus, the covers each with precious objects on the top bordered by upwards and downwards-pointing foliate palmettes.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014