A powder blue oviform jar and cover, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams.

Painted in gilt with a phoenix perched on rockwork, in a fenced garden of peonies and magnolia, beneath a floral and foliate collar to the shoulder, gilt metal mounts. 25.5cm (10in) high. Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 (€1,800 - 2,400)

Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/