Lot 1019. Two blue and white bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter of larger 9 in., 22.9 cm. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Sold: $5,625. © Sotheby's

each of conical form, the straight walls rising to a flared rim, the first painted with squirrels and grapes, the second painted with the 'three friends of winter,' each inscribed with apocryphal six-character Chenghua marks (2).

Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), and thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993), collection nos 160 and 253.
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by descent.