Lot 2132. A blue and white beaker vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17¼ in. (43.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price Realized USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

The vase is well painted in bright blue tones with ogival-shaped reserves, each enclosing one of the Eight Immortals, four on the neck, two on the convex mid-section, and two on the lower body, all reserved on a diaper ground between various decorative borders.

Provenance: Nuri Farhadi, New York, 1964.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mayer.
The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection. 

Exhibited: On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976-1982.
Bayley Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1982-1995.

Note: A similarly decorated blue and white baluster vase, dated to the Kangxi period, is illustrated in Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 36 - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 33, no. 27.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 20 - 21 March 2014