Lot 21. A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white jars and two covers, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 14 1⁄2 in. (36.9 cm.) high, overall. Estimate $4,000-6,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

The jars decorated with alternating panels enclosing figures in a mountainous landscape and scholar's objects, between a dense cell ground and scrolling lappet borders, underglaze blue double circles to undersides, the domed covers with scholar's objects, different bands at the rim of each.

Provenance: With S. Marchant & Son, London (label, part).
With Chinese Porcelain Company, New York (label, part).

Lot 22. A large Chinese porcelain blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 1⁄2 in. (44.5 cm.) high. Estimate $4,000-6,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Decorated with two mythical beasts and a lion emerging from crashing waves.

Lot 23. A pair of Chinese porcelain blue and white molded beaker vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 11 in. (28 cm.) high, the slightly larger. Estimate $3,000-5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Each decorated with four shaped molded panels enclosing birds and blossoming prunus or peony branches, all on a cell and floral ground, the flaring rim decorated with a band of flowers to the interior, with underglaze blue double circle to undersides.

Lot 24. A large Chinese porcelain blue and white rouleau vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18 in. (45.7 cm.) high. Estimate $4,000-6,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Decorated with panels of pairs of animals, birds, 'antiques' and landscapes on a reverse lotus-scroll ground, all below decorative bands on the neck.

Provenance: Sir W.H. Bennett Collection, London (according to label from W. Dickinson & Co.).

Lot 25. An unusual Chinese porcelain blue and white vase, Early Kangxi period, late 17th century; 8 3⁄8 in. (21.3 cm.) high. Estimate $4,000-6,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Decorated on the body with a scene of two figures on horseback emerging from rocks with two attedants holding torches, the neck with leafy branches.

Lot 26. A small Chinese porcelain blue and white ovoid vase, Transitional-Early Kangxi period; 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high. Estimate $3,000-5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Of tall, elongated form, decorated with female musicians in a garden setting.

Lot 27. A pair of large Chinese porcelain blue and white dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13 5⁄8 in. (34.6 cm.) diameter. Estimate $3,000-5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Each decorated with a central chrysanthemum bloom enclosed by flowering branches and decorative bands, the base with an artemisia leaf within double line circles and the channeled foot.

Lot 28. A large Chinese porcelain blue and white dish, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13 1⁄2 in. (34.3 cm.) diameter. Estimate $5,000-7,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Decorated in the center with a scene of female musicians and a dancer entertaining a seated lady, enclosed by a border of ladies amidst rocks and trees, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.

Lot 27. A pair of large Chinese porcelain blue and white molded dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.) diameter. Estimate $3,000-5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.

Each dish decorated in the center with two ladies in a fenced garden, the well with molded lotus panels with alternating blossoms and lingzhi, all set against a swastika ground with shaped panels and blossoming sprigs, the reverse rim similarly decorated, the underside with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.

Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

Christie's. The Collection of Pierre Durand, New York, 27 january 2022