Lot 120. Property from a Swedish Private Collection. A large blue and white 'dragon' dish, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter: 36.5 cm. Lot sold EUR 40,640 (Estimate EUR 10,000 – EUR 15,000) © Sotheby's 2025

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

Provenance: Collection of Ivan Traugott (1871-1952), acquired in Stockholm, March 1921.

Note: Surviving examples of this design and large size are rare. Compare a similar dish from the collection of Alfred E. Guntermann (1943-2013), sold at Christie’s New York, 18th and 19th September 2014, lot 854; and another sold at Christie’s London, 13th May 2014, lot 351. Also compare Kangxi dishes of this design with additional coloured enamels, including an example with added green enamel, preserved in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, included in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 25; and another, with yellow enamel on a green ground, in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Xu Huping, ed., The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 75.

Ivan Traugott (1871-1952) was a leading figure in the burgeoning Chinese Art circles of Stockholm in the early twentieth century. An early member of the famous Kinaklubben (‘China Club’) alongside the likes of the Crown Prince (later King Gustaf VI Adolf), Carl Kempe, Emil Hultmark and Gustaf Lindberg, Traugott played a key role in the history of Chinese Art collecting in the West. Traugott also invested in the famous Karlbeck Syndicate of the early 1930s, which forms the foundation of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, and countless others around the world.

Lot 155. A blue and white 'lotus' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter: 16.3 cm. Lot sold EUR 10,160 (Estimate EUR 8,000 – EUR 12,000) © Sotheby's 2025

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

Note: The present bowl is a particularly well-rendered example of a classic imperial design from the Kangxi period (1662-1722). Compare a similar bowl of this design preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Blue and White Wares of The Ch'ing Dynasty, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 12; another in the Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, gift of the B.Y. Lam Foundation, is illustrated by Peter Y.K.Lam and Cheng Xiaozhong in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 19. See also a pair of similar bowls included by S. Marchant & Son in their exhibition, Qing Mark & Period Blue and White, London, 1994, cat. no. 4; and another pair sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th July 2020 lot 3642.

Lot 159. A blue and white 'figural' jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter: 22.8 cm. Lot sold EUR 19,050 (Estimate EUR 15,000 – EUR 30,000) © Sotheby's 2025

Provenance: A German Private Collection, formed in the 1970s–1980s.

Acquired in Stuttgart, 13th June 2022, lot 68.

Lot 163. A blue and white 'floral' sleeve vase and baluster vase, Transitional and Kangxi period. Heights: 28.5 cm; 26 cm. Lot sold EUR 7,620 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 8,000) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 166. A blue and white bowl, mark and period of Jiajing (1522-1566), and a blue and white stem cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Diameter 17.5 cm; Height: 14 cm. Lot sold EUR 4,064 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 8,000) © Sotheby's 2025

the base of the bowl with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2)

Provenance: Christie's London,  23rd April 1979, lot 55.

Lot 168. A small blue and white 'literati' vase and two blue and white octogonal 'figural' bowls, Transitional and Kangxi period. Height of tallest: 18.1 cm. Lot sold EUR 9,525 (Estimate EUR 5,000 – EUR 8,000) © Sotheby's 2025

Lot 170. Two blue and white dishes and a baluster vase, Transitional and Kangxi period. Diameter: 15.2 cm; 28.5 cm (dishes). Height: 21.2 cm (vase). Lot sold EUR 5,715 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 8,000) © Sotheby's 2025

the base of the small dish with a six-character mark within a double circle (3)

Lot 173. A group of six blue and white wares, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter of largest: 35.2 cm. Lot sold EUR 1,905 (Estimate EUR 6,000 – EUR 10,000) © Sotheby's 2025

comprising a 'floral' dish, a 'longevity' waterpot, a 'longevity' bowl, an octagonal 'immortal' bowl, and a pair of octagonal bowls (6)

 Lot 174. A blue and white 'qilin' jar and a blue and white waterpot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height: 31.5 cm (vase); Diameter: 22.5 cm (waterpot). Lot sold EUR 3,810 (Estimate EUR 4,000 – EUR 6,000) © Sotheby's 2025

 Lot 176. A blue and white 'figural' ewer and bowl, and powder-blue ground gilt-decorated 'figural' dish, Transitional and Kangxi periods. Diameter of largest: 31.8 cm. Lot sold EUR 4,445 (Estimate EUR 3,000 – EUR 5,000) © Sotheby's 2025

Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 12 June 2025