Lot 56. A fine blue and white tall slender vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 44.8cm (17 5/8in) high. Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 (€6,100 - 9,700). Sold for £ 17,500 (€ 19,642). Photo Bonhams.

Boldly potted with a flaring neck, the body and neck painted with rectangular panels of four different fierce mythical beasts surrounded by a dense circle and dot pattern, divided by bands of zigzag motif and above a row of pendent ruyi-heads around the foot. 

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 17 November 1999, lot 916
The Inder Rieden Collection.

Note: For a Kangxi vase with a related design of auspicious animals, see Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III): The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.31.

A vase of similar form in the body and neck but with a shorter foot and depicting slightly different scenes was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 November 2010, lot 86.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014