Lot 13. A blue and white 'mythical beast' phoenix-tail vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height: 45,3 cm. Price realised EUR 17,640 (Estimate EUR 12,000 – EUR 18,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2025

Provenance: Dr John Pullan (1915-1995) collection.
With Spink & Son, London, 8 February 1999.

Literature: Spink & Son, Chinese Blue & White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, Spink & Son, London, 1998, p. 39, no. 50.

Exhibited: London, Spink & Son, Chinese Blue & White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, 16-30 November 1998.

Note: It is unusual to find phoenix-tail vases with this mythical beast design. A related example sold at Christie's London, 13 May 2014, lot 389 and another from the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, is illustrated by Chen Runmin in Blue and White Ceramics in Shunzhi and Kangxi Periods, Beijing, 2005, p. 475, pl. 306.

Lot 16. Two blue and white square-section ‘warriors and horsemen’ vases and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height: 31.2 cm and 31.6 cm. Price realised EUR 21,420 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 10,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2025

Provenance: One vase: C.A. and J.A. Collection, no. 195 (according to label).
With S. Marchant & Son, London, 1 October 2005.

Note: A closely-related pair of blue and white vases and covers of this form and decoration from the Royal Cabinet of Curiosities in the Rijksmuseum is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Christian J.A.Jorg, London, 1997, p. 91, no. 79. The author writes that the decoration probably illustrates scenes from Yang jia jiang yanji that may be translated as "The Command Troops of Yang Ye's family" by the Ming author Yong Damu. The present lot may be compared to the single blue and white square-section vase and cover sold at Christie's London, 17 May 2013, lot 1359.

Lot 20. A pair of blue and white quatrefoil bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Length: 18.7 cm. Price realised EUR 10,710 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 10,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2025

Provenance: With S. Marchant & Son, London, 4 October 2004.

Literature: S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions 2004, S. Marchant & Son, London, 2004, no. 23, p. 31.

Exhibited: New York and London, S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions 2004, 26-31 March 2004 and 9-15 June 2004.

Note: A similar bowl gifted by the heirs of P.C.E. von Hemert-van der Muelen in 1930 is illustrated by Christian C.A.Jorg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, London, 1997, p. 105, no. 99.

Lot 123. Property from a Private Collection in the UK. A blue and white phoenix-tail vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height: 43.9 cm. Price realised EUR 8,820 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 10,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2025

Lot 125. Property from a Private Collection in the UK. A blue and white 'figural' vase, Gu, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height: 45,2 cm. Price realised EUR 7,560 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 8,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2025

Provenance: The Collection of Captain W. R. Clarke (1895-1981), by repute.
Christie's London, Important Chinese Export Porcelain and Enamels, 5 October 1970, lot 42.
With S. Marchant & Son, 15 December 1970, by repute.
Collection of Bertil J. Hogstrom, Stockholm, Sweden, Collection no. 19.
Christie's London, Important Chinese Art, 3 November 2020, lot 188.

Literature: Marchant, The Bertil J. Högström Collection, Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain (1662-1722), Marchant, London, 2011, cat. no. 31.

Exhibited: London, Marchant, The Bertil J. Högström Collection, Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain (1662-1722), November 2011.