Lot 321. A Famille-Verte Rouleau Vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Height 18 in., 45.7 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 71,875 USD. Photo Sotheby's

of cylindrical form, the canted shoulder rising to a tall neck and galleried rim, well-painted with a continuous scene of four musicians, playing the pipa, sheng, castanets and clapper, performing for a seated dignitary attended to by boys serving tea in an open garden pavilion with a landscape-painted folding screen behind, the shoulder with reserves of bamboo and florets on a green diaper ground, the neck with a rustic pavilion amongst trees. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013