A silver-mounted blue and white bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's.

the pear-shaped body rising from a straight foot to a tapering neck, painted to the exterior with pendent lappet-shaped cartouches divided by foliate scrolls and variously enclosing stylised floral sprays, all between ruyiand pointed lappets, the neck similarly decorated with stylised ruyi motifs below a lappet band, the mouth cut and bound with a silver rim; 27.5cm., 10 7/8 in. Estimation 4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London | 06 nov. 2013 -http://www.sothebys.com/