Lot 891. A wucai 'figural' jar and a cover, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644-1661). Height 11 3/4  in., 31 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. © Sotheby's

of ovoid form, surmounted by a short straight neck, enameled with a scholar meeting an official in a misty balustraded terrace, accompanied by attendants, all surrounded by lush greenery, craggy rocks, and suggestions of neighboring walls and houses obscured by the mist, inscribed with a poem by the Southern Dynasties poet Lu Kai, the cylindrical cover painted in underglaze blue with jagged rocks and foliage, the base and neck unglazed (2).

Provenance: Acquired between 1960s-1980s, and thence by descent. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019