Lot 137. A wucai 'Boys' jar, Ming dynasy, Wanli period (1573-1620); 12.7 cm, 5 in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot Sold 12,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the ovoid body surmounted by a tapered neck, painted to the exterior with eight boys engaged in various pursuits in a fenced garden with bamboo and blossoming flowers, all below a band of stylise flower petal, the base with a double-circle in underglase blue.

Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th March 1990, lot 543.