Lot 2133. A pair of large blue and white vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17½ in. (44.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price Realized USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

Each tapering body is decorated with dragons whose tails terminate in floral scroll, all on a blue ground interspersed with large peonies separated by chrysanthemum roundels, below a band of similar decoration on the rounded, canted shoulder, and between further decorative bands at the foot and rim.

Provenance: Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, December 1961.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Mayer.
The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection. 

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