Lot 196. A blue and white ewer for the Islamic market, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 27cm (10 5/8in) high. Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 (€5,900 - 8,200). Photo: Bonhams.

The body painted with two cartouches depicting a riverscape dotted with pine trees and laminated rocks, reserved on a white ground scattered with flower heads and foliage, continuing onto the 'L'-shaped handle connecting a cup-shaped mouth above a tapering neck, the spreading foot with a beaded band below inverted lotus petals.  

Note: The shape of this ewer derives from metal vessels, known as aftaba, which were produced in Turkey and India and used in conjunction with a basin for hand-washing. 

Compare a similarly shaped and decorated ewer, Kangxi, in the Liverpool Museum, illustrated by R.L.Hobson in Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, London, 1928, no.233.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET