Lot 42. A small doucai 'Scholar and geese' cup , Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 2 1/2 in., 6.3 cm. Estimate  15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 68,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's

delicately potted with a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene depicting Wang Xizhi, wearing red and yellow robes sitting under a willow tree overhanging a river, gazing at red, yellow and aubergine geese in the water, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance:  Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1989, lot 221

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012