Lot 1. A Yueyao jar and cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€4,200 - 7,000). Sold for £ 3,750 (€ 4,263). Photo Bonhams.

The globular body finely incised with two bands comprising multiple birds, divided by two raised double lines above a band of combed motifs, the sides flanked by two flat animal mask handles, the domed cover incised with concentric lines, all covered by a thin pale olive green glaze except for the lower portion of the body. 32cm (12 1/1in) high (2).

Note: The jar compares closely with a neckless jar in the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, illustrated by W.Watson, Pre-Tang Ceramics from China, London, 1991, fig.89, p.139, and the wine vessel included in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, illustrated by M.Tregear, Catalogue of Chinese Greenware in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1976, fig.11.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 12 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET