Lot 70. A Langyao-glazed gilt-decorated bottle vase, 18th-19th century. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,200 - 7,700). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.

The bulbous body and straight neck richly gilt with a pair of magpies amidst shrubs of blossoming peonies and rockwork, all set between a border of lappets at the foot, bands of diaper and key fret at the shoulder and upright leaves and ruyi at the neck, the crackle-suffused glaze of deep crushed-strawberry-red colour thickening above the unglazed foot and thinning to a pale tone below the white rim. 21.6cm (8 2/8in) high

Note: Compare with a related vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, 1999, pp.202-203.

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET