Lot 347. A Transitional polychrome vase, circa 1640-60; 23 cm, 9 1/8 in. Estimate 800 — 1,2 00 GBP. Lot sold 3,250 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. the baluster body rising from a flat base to a rounded shoulder and short narrow neck, painted around the exterior...

A rare polychrome vase for the Japanese market. Late 16th century. Photo courtesy Bonhams. Enamelled in iron-red, green and yellow with a boy flanked by two maids on one side, and a horse accompanied by two ladies holding fans on the other, surrounded...