A 4ft (1.2m) high vase made in the late 19th century estimated at $10,000-15,000 at Tremont auctions in Newton, Massachusetts.
It is decorated with white slip animals, flowers and pagodas on a dark blue ground. The vase has passed down by descent through the family of the American banker Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830-1908), who was president of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
It was kept at Jesup’s summer home, Belvoir Terrace, in Lenox, Massachusetts.
It is estimated at $10,000-15,000.
