Lot 237. A blue and white oviform jar and cover, Shunzhi, circa 1630-1660. Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ( €1,900 - 2,600). Photo: Bonhams. Typically painted with bold brushes of underglaze blue with a continuous scene of birds alighting over bamboo, blossoming...

A powder blue oviform jar and cover, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams. Painted in gilt with a phoenix perched on rockwork, in a fenced garden of peonies and magnolia, beneath a floral and foliate collar to the shoulder, gilt metal mounts. 25.5cm (10in)...

A good celadon-glazed oviform jar and cover, China, Qianlong six-character sealmark and of the period H. 21,7 cm. Est. 9 000 EUR. Provenance: Property from an important private collection Literature: Cf. Min Chiu Society Exhibition 'Monochrome ceramics...