A blue and white vase, gu, Kangxi period. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€4,100 - 6,900). Photo: Bonhams.

Boldly painted on the central, upper and lower sections with lobed cartouches containing landscape scenes alternating with floral sprays, with smaller cartouches containing a precious tasselled object against a hatched ground containing flower-heads, the sections divided by a decorative hatched band between further similar bands at the foot, outer rim and inner rim. 51.4cm (20 3/8in) high

Provenance: a distinguished European private collection

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART,  14 May 2015 10:00 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET