Lot 249. A blue and white 'lianzi' jar, Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen Period (1627-1644). Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising from a slightly tapering foot to a wide cylindrical neck, finely painted to the exterior with an official paying tribute to a pheasant standing before a water buffalo, set in a fenced garden landscape with bushes and rocks, the neck incised with a leafy chrysanthemum meander and the foot with a chevron band, later European wood cover. Quantity: 2 - 14 cm, 5½ in.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2016