Lot 865. A blue and white bottle vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The bulbous vase is decorated in bright shades of blue with shaped panels enclosing 'antiques' or roses, between bands of alternating large and small ruyi-heads. The tall neck is encircled by one flat and two rounded collars, all painted with decorative bands, beneath upright leaves on the trumpet-form neck. 10 1/8 in. (25.6 cm.) high.

Provenance: William Rhinelander Stewart (1852-1929) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1929.

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