Lot 17. A small famille rose waterpot, Qing dynasty, 19th century; Width 7.8 cm, 3⅛ in. Lot sold: 630 GBP (Estimate: 200 -300 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

painted to the exterior with a peacock standing on blossoming peony branches.

Property from the Ezekiel Collection.

Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

Lot 20. A small famille rose waterpot, Qing dynasty, 19th century; Height 5.8 cm, 2¼ in. Lot sold: 5,670 GBP (Estimate: 500 -700 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

the steep, gently flaring sides sweeping to an everted rim, painted to the exterior with stylised floral blossoms borne on leafy scrolls, all reserved against a bright yellow ground.

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

Lot 23. A biscuit-enamelled sancai cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); Length 12.2 cm, 4¾ in. Lot sold: 2,268 GBP (Estimate: 600 -800 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

modelled as a floral blossom with a brown stem, incised to the body with leafy branches issuing further smaller blooms, all supported on three short feet.

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

Lot 24. A soft-paste iron-red enamelled  waterpot, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); Height 4.8 cm, 1⅞ in. Lot sold: 6,930 GBP (Estimate: 2,000 -3,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

painted to the exterior with five bats in flight, the base with a four-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

Lot 25. A rare inscribed famille-rose cup, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); Height 10.7 cm, 4¼ in. Lot sold: 21,420 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 -12,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

the bell-shaped body rising from a ribbed spreading foot to an everted rim, flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles to the sides, painted to the exterior with a gnarled branch issuing prunus blossoms, the reverse with a phrase related to the scene followed by two iron-red enamelled seals.

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

Provenance: Collection of Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927).

Note: The pair to this cup was offered in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th and 15th November 1983, lot 193.