A celadon-glazed carved domed water pot, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate $20,000 – $30,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Carved on the exterior with swirling cloud formations and covered in a pale bluish-green glaze; 3 ¼ in. (8.1 cm.) high

Provenance: H.M. Knight Collection. 
E.G. Kostolany Collection.
With Nicholas Grindley, London. 

Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Oosterse Schatten: 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst, 1954, p. 63, no. 309.

Notes: A number of these celadon-glazed water pots are found in private and public collections, more commonly bearing Kangxi six-character marks, including an example in the Beijing Palace Museum illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 147, no. 130; another in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 107; an example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in The Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 58; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by W.B. Honey, Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain, Oxford, 1927, pl. 7 a.; and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, fig. 245. An example from the T.T. Tsui and Greenwald Collections sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2815; and one from the collection of K.S. Lo was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition, An Anthology of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong, 1980, nos. 122 and 123.