A Chinese blue and white baluster jar, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a waisted neck and rolled rim, painted with a wide central band of a continuous scene of peacocks and birds in a garden under a tree and beside peony, with roundels of peony on a diaper ground at the shoulder, below a band of classic scroll at the rim and a band of lappets at the foot - 35.5cm., 14in.

Sotheby's. BERNHEIMER Day Sale, London, 25 Nov 2015, 10:00 AM