Lot 168. A large cloisonné enamel moonflask, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795), 58 cm, 22 3/4  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000. Lot sold 77,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. 

the flattened circular body, rising from a short oval spreading foot to a cylindrical neck and gilt-bronze-mounted everted rim, applied to the shoulders and neck with two gilt-bronze phoenix-scroll handles, decorated to each side in bright enamels with a dense design of peony amongst leaves and rockwork on a turquoise ground.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 17th December 1996, lot 199.