Lot 65. A Blue and White Cup, Kangxi Mark and Period (1662-1722); 10.2cm., 4in. Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 GBP. Lot sold 67,250 GBP.  Photo Sotheby's

of bell shape, the deep sides rising from a short foot to a flaring rim, painted to the exterior with gnarled trees, bamboo and lingzhi in a landscape with pierced rocks, the base inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark within a double-circle

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th November 1975, lot 62.

Exhibited: From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 95.