Lot 3149. A pair of unusual famille verte bottle vases, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 18,000 - USD 25,000. Price Realized USD 35,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Each vase is finely potted with a globular body rising to a tall, slender neck, and is decorated in iron-red, turquoise, green and gold with four stylized lotus sprays below the flower-filled cloud collar that is pendent from the cell diaper band on the shoulder from which rises a band of upright leaf tips at the base of the neck, while another band of leaf tips is pendent from the diaper border at the mouth rim.

Provenance: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza