Lot 304, A Large Wucai 'Ladies and Children' Jar and a Cover, 17th Century. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the broad baluster-form body painted with a continuous scene of four elegantly attired ladies watching over small boys at play in a grand garden setting, the neck encircled with a band of flowering and fruiting branches behind garden rocks, the fitted domed cover decorated en suite, the base unglazed Height 21 in., 53.3 cm

Property from the collection of Elizabeth Mead Merck

Provenance: Nathan Bentz, Santa Barbara, California, prior to 1940.
Collection of Edward H. Bennett (1874-1954), and thence by descent.

Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, New York, 16 mars 2016, 10:00 AM