A wucai-decorated jar with beauties in a garden, Shunzhi period. Estimate US$ 5,000 - 7,000 (€4,500 - 6,200). Photo: Bonhams.

Stoutly formed with a rolled rim, the short neck painted with flowering branches and rocks, the rounded shoulder with a cloud collar band and the canted walls with a massive cloud bank rising between beauties in a garden surrounded by a parapet, the decoration drawn in underglaze blue and bright pigments on the celadon-tinged glaze that stops above the canted edge of the unglazed base. 11 3/4in (30cm) high

Provenance: Bluett, London, by repute

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun 2015 10:00 PDT - SAN FRANCISCO