Lot 549. A blue and white 'landscape' brushpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 14 cm. Lot Sold 21,590 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Quek Kiok Lee (1920-2018).
Christie's Hong Kong, 8th October 2019, lot 21 (part lot).

Lot 550. A blue and white 'Hundred Antiques' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 25.2 cm. Lot Sold 11,430 USD (Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with a double circle in underglaze blue.

Provenance: English Private Collection.

Lot 551. A rare blue and white 'Hundred Antiques' slender ovoid vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 26.4 cm. Lot Sold 27,940 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with a double circle in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of the Dukes of Northumberland, Syon House.
Collection of Gerald Reitlinger (1900-1978).
Marchant, London.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1989, lot 70 (part lot).
Robert Chang, Hong Kong.
Asian Private Collection.
Christie's Hong Kong, 12th April 2018, lot 19 (part lot).

Exhibited: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 14th to 19th Centuries, Oriental Ceramics Society, London, 1953, cat. no. 268.

Lot 552. A blue and white 'landscape' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 43.5 cm. Lot Sold 69,850 USD (Estimate 30,000 - 40,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with a double circle in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of Weetman Dickinson Pearson (1856-1927), 1st Viscount Cowdray.
Sotheby's London, 9th November 2011, lot 177.

Exhibited: Imperial Chinese Porcelain, Ceramics & Works of Art, Marchant, London, 2013, cat. no. 12.

Note: Weetman Dickinson Pearson (1856-1927), created 1st Viscount Cowdray in 1917, was highly active in a variety of pursuits, most notably as an oil industrialist and owner of the Pearson Conglomerate, a liberal M.P. for Colchester (1895-1910), President of the Airboard (1917-18) and a keen philanthropist. In 1914 the American ambassador in London remarked that ‘Cowdray could have owned Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia’ due to the extraordinary wealth he built up though his business projects, notably the Blackwell Tunnel in London and tunnels under the East River in New York, as well as his discovery of one of the world’s largest oil fields, the Potrero del Llano in Mexico. In 1909 Lord Cowdray purchased Dunecht House, a stately mansion which presides over a great Scottish estate in Gothic and Italian splendor to the west of the city of Aberdeen. He employed Ashton Webb to aggrandize the house and the large spaces were filled with décor and furnishing suited to the sumptuous style of the early 20th century, which included 16th and 17th century chimney pieces, inlaid paneling and Chinese porcelain.

 Lot 553. A celadon-glazed underglaze-blue and copper-red 'tiger and dragon' baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 44.5 cm. Lot Sold 53,340 USD (Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: German Private Collection

Lot 554. A blue and white 'qilin' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 44 cm. Lot Sold 69,850 USD (Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart.
Sotheby's New York, 19th March 1997, lot 238 (part lot).
Marchant, London, 1999.
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Sullivan.

Exhibited: Two Hundred Years of Chinese Porcelain, 1522-1722, Marchant, London, 1998, cat. no. 62.

Lot 555. A powder-blue-ground blue and white 'riverscape' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 26.7 cm. Lot Sold 15,240 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of Bertil J. Högström, inherited circa 1965.

Exhibited: The Bertil J. Collection, Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain (1662-1722), Marchant, London, 2011, cat. no. 42.

Lot 556. A powder-blue-ground blue and white 'Zhang Qian on raft' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 26.1 cm. Lot Sold 10,795 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of E.G. Kostolany, acquired prior to 1966.
Victoria Lindström, Stockholm, 15th February 1968.
Collection of Bertil J. Högström.

Exhibited: The Bertil J. Högström Collection, Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain (1662- 1722), Marchant, London, 2011, cat. no. 41

 Lot 557. A blue and white bombé-form 'luohan' censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 19.6 cm. Lot Sold 38,100 USD (Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: English Private Collection.
Bonhams London, 12th May 2011, lot 294.

Exhibited: Imperial Chinese Porcelain, Ceramics and Works of Art, Marchant, London, 2013, cat. no. 11.
Kangxi Underglaze Blue and Copper-red. Marchant, London, 2016, cat. no. 16.

Lot 558. A blue and white 'figural' baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 42.3 cm. Lot Sold 88,900 USD (Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with a double circle in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of John Pullan (1915-1995).
Spink & Son Ltd, London.

Exhibited: Chinese Blue and White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1998, cat. no. 62.

Lot 559. A pair of celadon-ground underglaze-blue and copper-red 'longevity' rouleau vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 20.4 cm. Lot Sold 88,900 USD (Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: French Private Collection.

Lot 560. A blue and white 'Eight Horses of Muwang' conical bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 19.7 cm. Lot Sold 10,795 USD (Estimate 3,000 - 4,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: English Private Collection.

Lot 561. A blue and white 'figural' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 20 cm. Lot Sold 8,890 USD (Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Dutch Private Collection.

Lot 562. A blue and white 'immortals' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 20.2 cm. Lot Sold 13,970 USD (Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: French Private Collection.

Exhibited: Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2010, cat. no. 30. 

Lot 563. A pair of blue and white and copper-red 'magpie and prunus' dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 16 cm. Lot Sold 5,334 USD (Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base of each with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2).

Provenance: Japanese Private Collection.

Exhibited: Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2010, cat. no. 30. 

Lot 564. An inscribed blue and white 'figural' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 21.3 cm. Lot Sold 24,130 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the fourteen-character poetic inscription reads Ma shang dao jia chun zheng hao, jin yi you dai yu lu xiang [One is almost back to his hometown while spring is in full swing, and his silken robe still carries the fragrance of the imperial censer], the base with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

Provenance: English Private Collection.

Lot 565. A blue and white 'bird and flower' deep bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 13 cm. Lot Sold 11,430 USD (Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of a Lady of Title.

Exhibited: Kangxi Underglaze Blue and Copper Red, Marchant, London, 2016, cat. no. 3 (one of a pair).

Lot 566. A blue and white 'longevity' bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 21.3 cm. Lot Sold 8,890 USD (Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Provenance: Italian Private Collection.

Exhibited: Kangxi Underglaze Blue and Copper Red, Marchant, London, 2016, cat. no. 3 (one of a pair).

Lot 567. A pair of blue and white 'scrolling peony' double-gourd vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 16.5 cm. Lot Sold 8,890 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: European Private Collection.
Sotheby's London, 3rd July 1984, lot 106.

Lot 568. A pair of blue and white 'bird and flower' ovoid jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 22.2 cm. Lot Sold 11,430 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

the base of one with an Artemisia leaf mark in underglaze blue, the other with a double circle in underglaze blue (4).

Lot 568. A large blue and white 'floral' wine pot and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 25.1 cm. Lot Sold 6,096 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection.

Lot 570. A blue and white two-handled baluster jar and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 28.2 cm. Lot Sold 5,715 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 7,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Provenance: Collection of W.H. Nicholson.

Note: A near identical example is illustrated by Christian. J. A. Jörg in Chinese Ceramics in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, pl. 302 where the author notes that this form is based on a Western silver prototype and of short, limited production during the Kangxi reign.

Lot 572. A pair of blue and white 'chrysanthemum' ovoid jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 20.3 cm. Lot Sold 8,255 USD (Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2023

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 22 March 2023