Lot 1470. A pair of famille-rose 'Pomegranates' vases (Tianqiuping), Qing dynasty, 19th century. Height 22 in., 55.9 cm. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000. Sold: $68,750. © Sotheby's

each swelling globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, finely enameled with blossoming pomegranate tree branches sprawling across the body and neck laden with ripe fruit, the textures and colors of the gnarled bark and many-seeded orbs sensitively rendered, lingzhi and a cluster of pale purple flowers thriving beneath the branches, the foot ring unglazed, the recessed base with an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark (2).

Property from the Collection of Marjorie S. Fisher, Palm Beach.

Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017