A Guan-type bowl, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Estimate $5,000 – $7,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015.

The bowl is well potted with deep rounded sides and is covered in a pale greyish-blue glaze suffused with black and golden crackle stopping short of the brown foot rim. 4 ¼ in. (10.3 cm.) diam.

Note: Compare the virtually identical bowl, dated to the Ming dynasty, sold at Sotheby's New York, 17th-18th March 2014, lot 263.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza