A large pair of gilt and sepia-decorated vases and covers, circa 1785

Finely painted in washy tones of sepia with detailed landscape panels on each side, small landscape vignettes in between also within raised gilt borders, ruyi-head collars around the necks, the knops ladies beside garden seats and coffeepots - 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high (2) - Estimate: $20,000-30,000

Christie's. Chinese Export Art. 23 January 2008, 10:00 am. 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York