Lot 169. A pair of blue and white meiping, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619). Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP (5,108 - 7,663 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

each body with broad rounded shoulder rising from a spreading recessed base to a short narrow trumpet neck with everted rim, painted around the exterior with figures playing weiqi and a beautiful maiden receiving an equestrian figure and attendants, all above a band of horses galloping above foaming waves and rocks at the foot, the collar with four cusped flower-filled panels reserved on a dense diaper ground. Quantité: 2 - 26 cm, 10 1/4  in.

Provenance: Acquired in 2002.

From the Joseph M. Morpurgo collection.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 11 mai 2016, 10:00 AM