Lot 57. A blue and white baluster vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722);43.5cm (17 1/8in) high. Estimate £6,000 - 10,000 (€7,300 - 12,000). Sold for £ 7,500 (€ 8,418). Photo Bonhams.

Boldly painted in a vivid blue colbalt with alternating panels of long-tailed birds amongst prunus or peony and hermits outside their retreats, the mountains rising high above them, the shoulder and foot with bands of moulded foliate lappets enclosing peony, the tall neck with two more mountainous scenes separated by a moulded band. 

Provenance: a British private collection.

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