Lot 8089. A blue and white yenyen vase, Kangxi period. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,400 - 7,300). Photo: Bonhams.

Rising on a wide, spreading foot to a bulbous body, with an angled shoulder, supporting a tall flaring neck, the surface painted in deep hues of underglaze blue, the foot with a cloud band below a riparian scene of a fisherman among cliffs, reeds and huts, the body painted with eight highly stylized shou characters, with ruyi and diaper bands at the shoulder, the neck painted with an elegant boating party of scholars on a canopied skiff with an attendant preparing tea, the underside painted with a double line circle. 16 15/16in (43cm) high

Provenance: Acquired by the previous owner in Amsterdam, mid 1990's

Note: The poem inscribed on the vase is signed by the "Master of the Cloud Forest" and it appears in various versions on a number of recorded 18th century artworks. The text reads: 

五百年前续此游，水光于（依）旧接天浮，
徘徊今夜东山月，恍惚当年壬戌秋，
有客得鱼临赤壁，无人载酒出黄州，
吟成一浦千山寂，孤鹤横江掠小舟。
-云林主人

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