Lot 78. A large yellow-ground grisaille-decorated 'Dayazhai' style jardinière, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908); 38.5 cm, 15 1/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 27,500 £ (31,496 €). © Sotheby's.

heavily potted and with steep sides, decorated to the exterior with a bird perched on branches of wisteria and flowers, inscribed in iron-red below the rim with the Dayazhai mark surrounded by two confronting dragons within an oval panel reserved in white, all against a thick yellow-enamelled ground.

Provenance: Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.