A large French faience 'Bleu Persan' jardinière, circa 1700. Photo Sotheby's

of baroque sarcophagus form, each side moulded with scrolling cartouches and with twin female-mask handles and four lion-mask and paw feet, the interior and exterior typically splotched with white splashes on the thick blue-glazed ground, some chips; 59cm., 23 2/8 in. wide. Estimation 3,000 — 4,000 GBP

Sotheby's. The Gustav Leonhardt Collection, Property from the Bartolotti House, Amsterdam. London | 29 avr. 2014 - www.sothebys.com