Lot 800. A blue and white bottle vase, a bowl and two dishes, Transitional–Kangxi period. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD. Lot sold 62,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

comprising a bottle vase with a flared mouthrim, the exterior densely decorated with panels enclosing various scenes of ladies and vessels with issuing plants, between friezes of plantain leaves and ruyi lappets, the base with a double-circle mark; an octalobed bowl decorated on the exterior with scenes of scholarly and leisurely pursuits, the interior with a further resting scholar surrounded by a border of scholarly attributes; a dish decorated on the interior with a scholar and a young boy beneath a pine tree, surrounded by a composite floral scroll, the exterior with a chrysanthemum scoll, the base with a double-circle mark; and a larger dish decorated with ladies surrounded by prunus branches, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark; vase 26.8 cm, 10 1/2  in.; bowl 20.3 cm, 8 in.; dishes 20.6 and 26.3 cm, 8 1/2  and 10 3/8 in. 

Provenance: Acquired in Salisbury, 15th July 2006, lots 648 (bottle),  626 (bowl),  636 (larger dish). Acquired in Dorchester, Dorset, 1st June 2006, lot 457 (the smaller dish).

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong | 02 Jun 2016