A blue and white ovoid jar, Chongzhen period. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,600 - 8,400). Photo Bonhams.
Brightly painted with a fan-shaped cartouche containing a stand of deeply-hollowed Lake Tai rockwork, the reverse with a table placed with scholars items behind a vase filled with lotus blossom and leaves beside a jardinière and other vessels. 19.5cm (7 3/4in) high
Note: The three characters inside the fan read Chang Jiang Xie 昌江寫, and the seal reads Juyi zhuren 居易主人 'Master of Juyi [Studio]'.
Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 14 May 2015 10:00 BST -LONDON, NEW BOND STREET