A blue and white vase, meiping, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period

A blue and white vase, meiping, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period

Painted with dense leafy peony and chrysanthemum scrolls interspersed with medallions enclosing the the auspicious characters fu, shou, lu and ning, above a band with beribboned lozenge, the shoulders with cranes amidst cloud scrolls, with lotus-petal panels above the foot decorated with a classic scroll. 27cm (10½in) high. Sold for £3,120

Provenance: a German private collection

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 14 May 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com