Lot 112. A rare 'Dehua' white-glazed 'chilong' ewer and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Height 15.5 cm. Lot sold 70,400 USD (Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 USD) © Sotheby's 2026

the rim with an impressed apocryphal Chenghua four-character mark (2) 

Provenance : Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967).

Sotheby's Paris, 12th June 2008, lot 62.

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th October 2013, lot 3138.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, New York, 25 March 2026

Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet Kobenhavn, Copenhagen, 1950.

Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 137.

Literature: Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 263.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 594.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection, Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities, Ulricehamn, 2002, p. 336.