Lot 849. Two underglaze blue, copper-red and celadon-decorated jars, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 6¼ in. and 9½ in. (15.9 and 24.1 cm.) high, second with wood cover. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014

One is a globular jar and cover, the jar decorated on each side with a panel with carved border and carved scenes of river landscapes in underglaze blue, celadon, and copper red, with a further riverscape on the cover below the pearl-form finial. An apocryphal Chenghua mark is on the base. The other jar is decorated with a scholar seated to one side of a pine tree in which a crane is perched, while an attendant tempts a deer with alingzhi sprig to the other side, all in underglaze blue, white and copper red reserved on a soft olive-green ground. 

Provenance: Alfred E. Guntermann (1943-2013) Collection.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza