A fine 'famille-rose' winecup Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period

delicately painted in vivid famille-rose enamels with three scholars sitting around a table conversing and drinking wine, with a wine-jar, scroll paintings, books, and a bowl of peaches by their side, with a lush banana tree growing from pierced rockwork nearby, the base with a mythical beast within a double circle in underglaze-blue   

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st November 1999, lot 395.