Lot 347.  A blue and white 'kuixing' table screen, Ming dynasty, 16th Century; Height 16 cm, 6¼ in. Lot sold: 27,720 GBP (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

of rectangular form, modelled in high relief to the front face with the figure of Kuixing in characteristic dynamic pose with one foot raised and holding a brush aloft, the reverse with a rectangular incense holder pierced with two large apertures to the top and painted with a scholar and his attendant in a landscape.

Provenance: Christie's Paris, 10th December 2014, lot 250.

Literature: Jean-Paul Desroches, Two Americans in Paris, A Quest for Asian Art, 2016, Paris, no 302.