A 'Longquan' Celadon Mallet Vase, Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th Century. Estimate 40,000 — 50,000 HKD (4,532 - 5,665 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

well potted with a cylindrical body encircled by a shallow ridge around the centre, supported on a recessed base and surmounted by a columnar neck flanked by a pair of phoenix head handles, all below a wide everted mouthrim, covered overall in an even sea-green glaze suffused with wide crackles falling just above a neatly cut footrim - 15.7 cm., 6 1/8  in

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 déc. 2015, 02:00 PM