Lot 173. A blue and white 'deer' beaker vase, gu, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 6 000 — 8,000 GBP (7,663 - 10,217 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.  

the central globular section rising from a tall spreading foot to a trumpet neck with indented straight rim, finely painted around the foot and neck in rich cobalt-blue tones with deer in a rocky landscape, the central section with two leafy bamboo sprays, the base inscribed in underglaze-blue with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark; 47 cm, 18 1/2  in. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2016, 10:00 AM