Lot 3. A rare underglaze-blue and copper-red jar, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 10.8 cm, 4 1/4  in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 57,500 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the rounded sides rising from a countersunk base to a rounded ring-shaped neck, painted with two four-clawed scaly dragons chasing 'flaming pearls' amid cloud and flame scrolls, between bands of ruyi below the rim and above the foot.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1995, lot 120.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 16 May 2018, 10:30 AM