Lot 114. A blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase, yuhuchunping, Hongzhi period, circa 1500; 24.8cm (9 3/4in) high. Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 (€7,100 - 11,000). Sold for £ 6,250 (€ 7,137). Photo Bonhams.

The pear-shaped body rising from a short foot ring to a generously rounded body and an elegant waisted neck, painted with meandering lotus blossoms and ruyi clouds, all above a border of lappets containing ruyi-head pendants, the neck with classic scroll and sprays of lingzhi and bamboo beneath diaper band and below a band of upright elongated plantain leaves. 

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 12 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET