Lot 8090. A blue and white beaker vase, gu, Chenghua mark, Kangxi period. Estimate US$ 9,000 - 12,000 (€8,200 - 11,000). Photo: Bonhams.

Of archaistic gu form, the splaying foot rising to a convex middle section, supporting a wide trumpet mouth, the lower register painted in deep blue tones with a river landscape, the middle section with classic scroll borders and painted with four floral sprays, the neck decorated with a river landscape, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double circle. 18 1/4in (46.3cm) high

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23/24 May 1978, lot 146

Bonham's. CHINESE WORKS OF ART, 11:00 EDT - NEW YORK