A small polychrome ovoid jar, Late Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

well-painted in enamels of predominantly iron-red and green with yellow and turquoise depicting a scene of three scholars conversing and another of a monk reading a banner with an acolyte in attendance, divided by scrolling clouds, enclosed between a row of upright overlapping petals around the base and a row of lappets encircling the shoulder, Japanese wood box. Height 5 1/2  in., 14 cm

Sotheby's. Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor – Ceramics, New York, 17 mars 2015, 10:00 AM