A Chinese famille-rose vase and cover, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the round-shouldered tapering body rising from a short straight foot to a short broad mouth, brightly enamelled around the exterior with four large ruyi-shaped panels alternately enclosing landscape scenes and flowers, reserved on a leafy foliate scroll against a black ground, all between a floral dark red ground lotus lappet band at the foot and collar, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lion dog finial. Quantité: 2 - 63cm., 24 3/4 in.

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