Lot 3230. A blue and white 'Magnolia' beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 24 cm., 9 3/8 in. Estimation 150,000-200,000 HKD (14,679 — 19,572 EUR). Lot sold 187,500 HKD (14,679 — 19,572 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

of archaic bronze gu shape, the cylindrical body with a bulging middle section rising from a raised flaring foot to a trumpet neck, brightly painted in rich cobalt tones with branches of blossoming magnolia issuing from craggy rockworks. 

PROVENANCE: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1989.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012