Lot 34. A flambé-glazed vase, fanghu, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908); 30,2cm., 11 7/8 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. © Sotheby's

the pear-shaped body of rectangular section, rising from a gently spreading foot to a quatrefoil rim, set at the shoulder with a pair of square lug handles and moulded to the front and back with a raised peach-form panel, covered overall with a rich red glaze with broad liver-red streaks, thinning to a creamy-yellow colour at the rim and along the edges, the unglazed base incised with a six-character mark.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014