An unusual underglaze-blue and langyao-glazed garlic-neck vase, Kangxi six-character mark and possibly of the period. Estimate £800 - 1,200 (€1,100 - 1,700). Photo: Bonhams.

With high shoulders that taper towards a slightly spreading base below a slender neck surmounted by a garlic-neck mouth, the body painted in underglaze blue with the Daoist Immortal He Xiangu riding a deer, all covered in a dark reddish-brown glaze. 23cm (9in) high. 

Provenance: a German private collection and thence by descent.

Bonhams. ASIAN ART, 11 May 2015 10:30 BST - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE