Lot 7. A blue and white brush pot, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 15.4cm high. Sold for €8,960.  Photo Bonhams.

Finely and freely painted in varying shades of vibrant cobalt blue with a golden pheasant perched upon rockwork surrounded by lush peonies and branches of magnificent magnolia flowers, all between two double lines encircling the rim and base.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Karl Ganter (1945-2007), Cologne, acquired in London from Bluett & Sons, Ltd., in the early 1980s (by repute)
Lempertz, Cologne, 7 December 2007, lot 781.

Published and Exhibited: Ulrich Wiesner, Chinese Ceramics. Masterworks from German Private Collections, Cologne, 1988, p.135, no.94
Daniel Suebsman and Daniela Antonin, Kangxi - Porcelain Treasures of the Kangxi Period, Düsseldorf, 2015, p.106, no.46
Chinese Ceramics. Masterworks from German Private Collections, Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 7 May 1988 - 7 August 1988, no. 94
The Dancing Dragon! Kangxi / China Contemporary, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 19 July 2015 - 17 January 2016, no.46

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023