Lot 7. A large Fahua jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 28cm., 11in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Lot Sold 11,250 GBP. © Sotheby's

of  broad baluster form, the exterior finely slip-decorated, incised and brightly glazed in aubergine, yellow and turquoise depicting scholars and attendants in a garden beside pine trees amidst cloud scrolls in a mountainous landscape, all reserved on a rich dark blue ground, all between a lotus-lappet band at the waisted base and a bajixiang-filled ruyi collar at the broad shoulder, the interior glazed green, later pierced domed zitan cover and stand.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 12 May 2010