A rare Meissen octagonal two-handled beaker and saucer, circa 1729-31. Photo: Bonhams. Decorated with panels of scrolling Ruyi tendrils reserved on an iron-red ground, alternating with flower sprigs and Buddhist symbols, the saucer with a flower in the...

A Meissen teabowl and saucer from the Japanese Palace, circa 1730. Photo Bonhams Painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Three Friends of Winter, flowering branches of pine, prunus and bamboo, issuing from banded hedges, brown-edged rims, the teabowl: 4.1cm...