Lot 680. A famille-verte yenyen vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck with flaring rim, finely enameled with two figural scenes and gilt details, on the body a scene of a court lady sitting before a landscape-painted screen as two female entertainers perform a sword dance as attendants look on, the neck with an outdoor scene of an official shooting an arrow surrounded by boys, a band of diaper with flowers and treasures below, bands of ruyi head at the neck and shoulder, an underglaze blue band at rim and foot. Height 17 3/4  in., 45 cm

Provenance: American Private Collection, Newport, Rhode Island.  

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