Lot 118. A 'Famille-verte' baluster jar and cover, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722). Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 USD. Lot sold 12,000 USD. Photo: Sothebys.

of classic baluster form, the exterior intricately painted in brilliant enamels with a scene set within a garden pavillion of a celebratory gathering of various officials and court ladies in honor of a seated couple, the man in a long mustard-yellow robe with stylized 'shou' characters and an iron-red dragon at his chest, all below a band of composite floral sprigs at the neck repeated on the knopped cover. Quantité: 2 - 16 1/2 in., 42 cm.