Lot 884. A famille verte ewer and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate USD 1,200 - USD 1,800 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

One side is decorated with ladies and a scholar in a garden, and the other side with a lady in a cart accompanied by a guard on horseback greeting two soldiers in a rocky landscape, all flanked by the "rattan-wrapped" handle and the curved spout. The cover is decorated with a flower blossom within a key-fret border. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high

Provenance : Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.

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