Lot 55. A blue and white yen yen vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 44.8cm (17 5/8in) high. Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 (€6,100 - 9,700). Sold for £ 33,750 (€ 37,881). Photo Bonhams.

The body skilfully painted in exceptionally vivid underglaze blue with a continuous scene of a visitor supplicating a dignitary seated in his hall surrounded by ladies and attendants in front of a painting of foaming waves, the hall opening onto a terrace with further dignitaries, craggy rockwork and delicate trees, the flaring neck with a lady peeping out at a dignitary admonishing a maidservant over a spilt cup of tea, with two boys looking on and two more on the terrace with lanterns. 

Provenance: a British private collection.

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