A blue and white foliate bowl, Fu Gui Jia Qi seal mark, Wanli period. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,500 - 8,200). Photo: Bonhams.

With ribbed curving sides rising to a foliate rim, the exterior painted with ten vertical flowering and fruiting branches all below a band to the rim enclosing horses galloping amidst scrolling clouds above foaming waves, the interior well with a lakeside thatched pavilion on a promontory amidst a rocky landscape, encircled by a register of flaming wheels enclosing flower heads, the rim border similarly decorated with rocks and pavilions alternated with fish boats and pagodas. 21.4cm (8 3/8in) diam.

Provenance: an American private collection

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART,  14 May 2015 10:00 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET