Lot 99. A wucai sleeve vase, Shunzhi period  (1644-1661); 48 cm, 19 in. Estimate £20,000 - £30,000. Lot sold 25,000 £ (28,633 €). © Sotheby's.

the slender baluster body rising from a flat base to a broad short waisted neck with rolled rim, brightly painted and enamelled with a group of scholars listening to a seated figure playing a qin, the neck with peonies and chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork.

Provenance: Collection of Hector Beeche (1848-1932).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 07 november 2018, 10.30 AM