Lot 249. A small famille-verte 'Figural' rouleau vase, Kangxi period  (1662-1722). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD.Photo: Sotheby's

the slightly tapered cylindrical body rising from a short foot to an angled shoulder with a tall waisted neck and an everted rim, painted to the exterior with a scholar and a monk sitting on a garden terrace, the shoulder encircled by a band of lotus heads and leaves against a ground of swirls, the neck with bamboo leaves and rocks. Height 8 1/4  in., 20.9 cm

Provenance: Marchant, London (according to label). 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM