Lot 184. A blue and copper-red celadon-glazed moulded double-gourd vase, Kangxi six-character mark and of the period (1662-1722); 42cm (16 1/2in) high. Estimate £ 15,000-20,000. Sold for £ 122,500 (€ 136,818). Photo Bonhams.

Painted and moulded with deer and flying cranes travelling across a riverside landscape, scattered with gnarled pine trees and rocks, the globular neck depicting an isolated tiled pavilion emerged from crushing waves with cranes hovering above. 

Provenance: Hancock, London (label).

Note: For a related design of deer and gnarled pines on a Kangxi vase, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 218. Another related design with mountainous landscape and pavilion can be found on a carved beaker vase that was sold in these Rooms, 7 November 2013, lot 53.

Bonham's. Fine Chinese Art, London, New Bond Street, 14 May 2015