Lot 138. A Blue And White Beaker Vase (Gu), Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722).  Height 17 3/4  in., 45 cm. Estimate 30,000 - 40,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. © Sotheby's

of cylindrical form with a flaring mouth and foot, the detached bulging middle section vibrantly painted with detached floral sprigs, set between a landscape scene of a scholar riding in a skiff punting along a riverbank around the top and a fisherman casting his fishing rod from a dock on the lower section, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 30th March 2006, lot 306.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013