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For regional auction houses, the norm is always "buyer beware". The catalog descriptions and estimates of even leading auction houses must be parsed with much care, especially if you are not able to visit to handle a piece yourself before bidding.
Generally speaking, "after" or "in the manner of" are meant to describe works that are "clearly" (a relative term) not by the artist in question but share some of the artist's stylistic characteristics. They are for looser imitations than yours, which is a close copy of an existing work despite the differences that you can identify by comparing it with the online example.
Chinese paintings are a difficult category unfortunately, and everybody makes mistakes. Never buy something because it is supposed to be by some famous artist. Buy it because you like it. If you can buy something you like that is also of good quality, so much the better. If you can find something you like of good quality at a good value, you've hit the trifecta.
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