Lot 142. A rare silver-mounted ewer and cover for the Islamic market, the porcelain Qing dynasty, Kangxi period; 33.5cm., 13 1/8 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's

the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted knoped neck, moulded and brightly decorated in iron-red and gilt to each side with a peach-shaped panel flanked by leafy floral sprays, all above a lotus lappet band at the base and a lobed neck, set to one side with a large loop handle and to the other with an S-shaped spout, the silver-mounted domed cover surmounted by a bud-shaped finial.

Provenance: A French Private Collection

Note: A closely related ewer but with a different cover, is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul, vol. 3, London, 1986, col. pl. 2919. See also a similar ewer in the the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, published in Rose Kerr, Luisa Mengoni, Chinese Export Ceramics, London, 2011, pl.152.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13 may 2015, 11:00 AM