Lot 30. A matched set of five small copper-red glazed cups, Yongzheng marks and period (1723-1735). Diameter of the largest 7.5 cm, 2⅞ in. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP. Lot sold 106,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

each with rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, the exterior adorned with a rich crushed-raspberry glaze thinning to white at the rim and pooling to a darker tone around the foot, the interior and base glazed white, the base with a six-character reign mark within a circle in underglaze blue.