Lot 532. A doucai-decorated powder-blue rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 20,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the cylindrical body sweeping to a tall neck encircled by a collar and tapering slightly towards the galleried rim, reserved on the bright 'powder blue' ground with two figures in military dress conversing with a fisherman beside a tree, detailed in underglaze blue and doucai enamels, wood stand (2). Height 17 1/2  in., 44.5 cm

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

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