Lot 185. A famille-verte vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP (25,542 - 38,313 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.  

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to rounded shoulders, surmounted by a tall waisted neck with everted rim, brightly enamelled with a continuous landscape scene below scrolling clouds, depicting an official paying tribute to a retreated scholar, accompanied by attendants and military figures, the neck with stylised shou characters below a yellow and green ruyi band; 47 cm, 18 1/2  in.

Provenance: Acquired in 1955.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2016, 10:00 AM