Lot 15. A finely enamelled vase by Wang Xiaotang, tongyun shanfang mark, 1916-24; 28 cm, 11 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot Sold 40,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

the tapering cylindrical vase rising from a short foot to a waisted neck with everted rim, finely enamelled around the exterior with the Daoist Immortal Liu Hai sporting with his three-legged toad, to his side stand three young boys, one holding a double-gourd issuing the wu fu, the base with iron-red tongyun shanfang mark  (Mountain retreat of the red clouds), the studio mark of Wang Xiaotang.

Provenance: Collection of Kaynes-Klitz. 
Acquired by the present owner from Peter Wain in 1995.

Literature: H.A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Lochem, 1977, pl. 194. 
Peter Wain, The Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Shropshire, 1995, p.18, pl. 21. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 16 may 2018, 10:30 AM