Lot 855. A copper-red-decorated blue and white jardinière, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The exterior is boldly painted with carp, crawfish, shrimp and a crab amidst water plants beneath a scroll border. The carp are picked-out in copper-red and the crawfish, crab and sea plants in underglaze blue. 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) high (including gilt-metal stand).

Provenance: Edna H. Sachs Collection. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1975.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza