Lot 890. A wucai 'floral' jar, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Height 9 in., 23 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. © Sotheby's

of baluster form, rising from a flat base to a waisted neck, the body painted with a continuous floral scroll above a band of upright lappets around the foot, the shoulders with a similar floral scroll below a border of leaf-shaped lappets around the neck, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.

California Straight Ahead: Property from the Collection of Dr. David Sanders and Prof. Jesse Dukeminie.

Provenance: Duchange-Garmigny, Paris, 13th May 1993. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 September 2019