Lot 128. A large doucai 'Dragon' meiping, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1975), 62cm., 24 3/8 in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 84,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the slender baluster body decorated in characteristic technique in underglaze-blue and bright enamel colours with a large scaly five-clawed dragon amidst large peony blooms borne on leafy scrolling stems, surmounted by a narrow waisted neck encircled by classic scroll and stiff leaf bands.

Note: Another vase of this powerfully painted and exquisitely coloured design, from the collection of Sir John Buchanan-Jardine, was included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat.no. 2177. Compare also a closely related meiping sold in these rooms, 2nd December 1997, lot 271; and another sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 31st October 1995, lot 512.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Londres, 12 juil. 2006