Lot 850. A blue and white jar and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The exterior is decorated with three Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls all below the neck decorated with beribboned emblems. The affixed cover is decorated with cranes amidst clouds and further emblems. 16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high

Provenance: Dorothea Wolff Collection.
Mrs. Lewis S. Wolff Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1922.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza