A pale-green-glazed carved 'lotus' stem dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo: Bonhams. Finely potted with a dish of shallow rounded sides, the interior carved with a large stylised lotus blossom, surrounded by a symmetrical design of curled...

A pale-green-glazed bowl.. Incised Yongle four-character mark, 18th century. Photo Bonhams The bowl exceptionally thinly potted, the interior carefully incised at the centre with the Yongle nian zhi mark in seal script and on the sides with two five-clawed...

A pale-green-glazed vase, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams The globular body carved to simulate myriad bamboo culms with superimposed leaves, between lotus-petal panels above the foot and on the shoulders also with a key-fret border, surmounted by a tall...

A very rare pale-green-glazed jar, Zhadou;. Five dynasties period, 10th century The compressed globular body surmounted by a widely flared conical mouth surrounding a small central opening, covered with a finely crackled glaze of pale green color that...