Lot 1725. A famille verte baluster vase, Kangxi period, dated to a winter day of the xinsi year, corresponding to 1701, and of the period; 17½ in. (44 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.  

Brightly enameled around the body with a scene of the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi sitting with his wife and receiving congratulatory greetings from family members and guests, while a horseman gallops outside, the neck decorated with a scene of a scholar and attendant in a landscape, the inscription followed by the signature Yihui zhuren.