Lot 54. A blue and white baluster jar, Chenghua four-character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 22cm (8 5/8in) high (2). Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,400 - 3,600). Sold for £ 6,000 (€ 6,734). Photo Bonhams.

Brightly painted with two pairs of ladies between jardinières issuing leafy peony blossoms, each lady playing a different musical instrument, variously the flute, qin, castanets and bells, all separated by trees and rockwork, the shoulder with a band containing four phoenix in flight beneath the neck with tasselled Daoist objects, wood cover. 

Provenance: an English private collection.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014