Lot 241. A rare blue and white baluster vase, Chongzhen period (1627-1644). Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,600 - 3,800). Photo: Bonhams.

The baluster body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, decorated with a scene of a lady greeting a gentleman, before a retinue of female attendants, in a riverside pavilion garden of pine and rockwork, the everted rim with a faux-bois design, the lower body with petal lobed panels of lotus sprays and foliage, alternating with geometric motifs, the foot with foliate lappets. 42cm (16.1/2in) high. 

Bonhams. AUCTION 23541: ASIAN ART, 10:30 BST - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE