Lot 2012. A carved and incised white brushpot, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 16.5 cm., 6 1/2 in. Estimate 250,000-300,000 HKD (24,101 — 28,922 EUR). Lot Sold: 312,500 HKD  (30,127 EUR).  Photo Sotheby's

the exterior carved with a continuous scene of a mountainous riverscape with thatched cottages with the details further incised, one side carved with a lone fisherman sailing across the river in a sampan with a fishing rod while a scholar meditates below a pine tree in the distance, all below wispy cloud scrolls and towering mountains, the other side further carved with mountains and craggy rockwork, the underside centred with a slight circular depression containing a six-character apocryphal Jiajing mark in underglaze blue, all beneath a transparent glaze.