Lot 308. A gilt-bronze and cloisonné enamel hanging basket, 17th century; 20.8cm, 8¼in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot Sold 20,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the ovoid body with a constricted waist, rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck, surmounted by a wide galleried rim forming a basket, set with a gilt-bronze chain handle decorated with kui dragons, the body brightly decorated with flowering branches issuing from jagged rocks between horizontal bands of floral scrolls and lingzhi sprays, the basket, the bulbous section of the body and the stepped foot decorated with gilt-bronze archaistic phoenix, kui dragons and mythical beasts in openwork, the rim bordered with a keyfret band.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13 may 2015