Lot 158. A flambé-glazed meiping, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 16,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby’s.

the tapering sides rising to rounded shoulders, surmounted by a short waisted neck with lipped rim, the exterior covered with a rich glaze of streaked crushed-raspberry and lavender tones extending to the interior of the mouth, draining to a crackled greyish-beige tone at the rim, the base unglazed revealing the brown body; 34.3cm., 13½in.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Londres | 05 nov. 2014, 10:00 AM