A blue and white 'Windswept' meiping. Ming dynasty, 15th century. Photo: Sotheby's

the slender body rising from a spreading foot to a rounded shoulder and a short narrow tapering neck, freely painted in 'windswept' style around the exterior with an Immortal in a landscape beneath a band of scrolling foliage and above a band of ascending leaves; 31cm., 12 1/4 in. Estimate 8,000—12,000 GBP. Lot Sold 10,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 10 Nov 10, London www.sothebys.com