Lot 208. A pair of blue and white baluster jars and covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 61cm (24in) high (4). Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 (€21,000 - 29,000). Photo: Bonhams.

Both painted around the exterior with circular panels of an elegant lady gazing out of her window, double-gourd panels of antiquities and archaic bronze vessels, all reserved on a honeycomb-pattern ground, the domed cover with lotus-bud finials.

Provenance: an Italian private collection

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET