Lot 372. A rare underglaze blue and copper red 'Dragon' basin, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 38.6cm, 15 1/4 in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

of globular form, with deep rounded sides rising from a countersunk base with a short, straight neck, vibrantly painted with four striding dragons and numerous bats in flight reserved on a copper-red ground of overlapping waves, framed above and below by ruyi head borders, the shoulder with a diaper band and a fish roe border at the neck.

Provenance: Acquired in the 19th century and thence by descent.

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