Lot 688. Two famille-verte triple gourd vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 7,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

each larger lower bulb brightly enameled with two flower-filled baskets, one inscribed fu lu shou, interspersed with butterflies and foliate motifs, rising to the smaller mid-section encircled by the 'Hundred Antiques' and an iron-red-ground leafing peony scroll to the upper bulb, all below a band of overlapping upright leaves enclosing floral scrollwork to the tall narrow neck with flared rim (2). Height 9 3/4  in., 24.8 cm

Provenance: Chait Galleries, New York, 1980s.  

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