A large and impressive famille-rose 'Nine dragon' vase, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted neck with everted rim, brightly painted to the front face with a large iron-red five-clawed scaly dragon and with a further eight brightly enamelled dragons writhing around the vessel, all reserved on a millefiori black ground between a wave band at the base and a ruyi collar at the shoulder, the neck with geometric lotus scrollwork reserved on a dark pink ground - 74.2cm., 29 1/4 in.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 11 nov. 2015, 11:00 AM