A blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722) © Christie's Image 2003

Well painted with a bold archaistic design of two large taotie masks separated by ruyi-headed straps reserved on a diaper ground below a chrysanthemum petal border. 10½in. (26.7cm.) high Lot 301. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000. Price Realized $5,019 

Provenance: Christie's, New York, 9 November 1978, lot 87. 

Property of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza