Lot 3131. A blue and white copper-red decorated vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. Price Realized USD 62,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The high-shouldered, tapering body is decorated in rich, inky tones of underglaze blue with scenes of scholars and attendants in a mountainous river landscape. The trailing, vaporous clouds, robes of two of the figures, and the leaves of a tree are picked out in copper red that has fired to a greyish tone. The neck is decorated with three flower stems.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza