Lot 531. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 22,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a tall cylindrical neck and garlic mouth with everted lipped rim, the body painted to one side with a shaped cartouche enclosing a scene of a scholar and attendant in a landscape, and to the other side with an arrangement of antiques and auspicious emblems, with a twelve-character inscription above reading bogu fengsheng suijiu shiwan qixiang zengxin (although there is a long history in collecting antiques, recently a new collecting trend emerged), followed by a painted seal impression, the base with a seal mark reading Gu, the neck with cloud scroll and ruyi borders. Height 10 3/4  in., 27.3 cm  

Provenance: Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902), and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017