Lot 307. A blue and white beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 8 7/8  in., 22.5 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000. Lot sold 18,750 USD. © Sotheby's

modeled after archaic gu, the flaring neck painted in blue washes accented with deep blue cobalt illustrating a scholar sitting on a riverbank by twin pines and rocks, the globular center section with two large quatrefoil cartouches respectively enclosing a scholar fishing riverside and another walking a mountain pass with a staff, both against a diaper ground, the lower register with two magpies merrily playing mid-flight amidst dangling prunus and bamboo, the base with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, coll. no. 152.   

The Jie Rui Tang Collection.

Provenance: E. Pranger Oriental Art, Amsterdam, 1996.