Lot 1102. A ruby-ground famille-rose wall vase, Republic period (1911-1949). Height 7 1/8  in., 18cm. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000. Sold: $23,750. © Sotheby's

modeled as a moon flask with mask handles, centered with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a poetic inscription followed by an apocryphal Qianlong yuti mark and iron-red seal, surrounded by floral scrolls and raised on a faux-bois stand, the interior and back enameled turquoise, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.

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