Lot 751. A blue and white 'figural'  baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 17 in., 42/3 cm. Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot sold 40,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the rounded slightly tapering sides vibrantly painted in rich tones of cobalt blue with a continuous scene depicting two scholars standing on a narrow rocky path conversing with one pointing to an elegant pavilion nestled among trees and rockeries in the distance, in the foreground a fisherman guiding a boat to the opposite shore towards two further scholars sitting comfortably with a young attendant carrying a qin close by beneath a tall, dense grove of pine trees, a flock of birds flying overhead amid gentle clouds, the waisted neck with a leiwen band below circlets and ruyi-head borders, the base with a double circle.

Provenance: Collection of John Pullan (1915-1995).
Spink, London, 1998.

Exhibited: Chinese Blue & White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, Spink, London, 1998, cat. no. 62.