Lot 3715. A Ming-style blue and white moonflask, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 30.1 cm., 11 7/8  in. Estimate  100,000 — 120,000  HKD (11,886 — 14,263 EUR). Lot sold 350,000 HKD (41,601 EUR). Photo courtesy Sotheby's

of flattened globular form with rounded sides rising from a short oval foot to a waisted cylindrical neck and slightly everted mouthrim, flanked by a pair of openwork dragon handles, the body superbly painted with a composite floral scroll with floral blooms wreathed in long meandering scrolls issuing clusters of leaves, above a border of cresting waves encircling the foot, the mouthrim bordered with a pendent trefoil lappet suspending tasselled and beribboned emblems.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, Hong Kong, 07 avr. 2015