Lot 801. A blue and white and underglazed-red ‘crane and lotus’ fish jar, Qing dynasty, 18th – 19th century. Estimate 40,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 112,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with a tapered body rising from a flat base to an everted rim, beautifully painted in cobalt blue and copper red with a continuous scene depicting cranes in a lotus pond set with large blossoms and lotus pads, all below a frieze enclosing lotus blooms alternating with butterflies against a diapered ground, the rim further encircled by raised fillet and a key-fret border; 41.7 x 45.8 cm, 16 3/8  by 18 in. 

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong | 02 Jun 2016