Lot 696. A famille-verte bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot sold 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the ovoid body rising to a tall slender  neck, the body brightly enameled with three Buddhist lions gamboling among ribbons, two in shades of green, the third smaller and in iron-red, a foliate scroll at the shoulder  below upright ruyi-lappets, the rim with a diaper band surmounting downturned ruyi-lappets suspending tassels, cash symbols and chimes, all supported on a short tapered foot. Height 11 7/8  in., 30.2 cm

Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1990s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017