A pair of large blue and white dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722) © Christie's Image 2003

One dish decorated with an interior scene of a young lady kneeling before an elderly bearded official while two attendants hold cloth-covered gifts, the other dish decorated with two officials standing on a path leading to a scene of Xi Wang Mu being being fanned by an attendant while the white hare mixes the Elixir of Life, all amidst vaporous clouds, the exteriors painted with flowering branches - 14 5/8in. (37cm.) (2). Lot 319. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Price Realized $14,340 

Provenance: The Duke of Buccleuch, K. T., G.C.V.O.
Christie's, London, 16 July 1973, lot 12. 

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection 

Exhibited: Masterworks from Private Connecticut Collections, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 31 October 1993 - 2 January 1994. 

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