A blue and white and copper-red vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.
the globular body rising from a short foot to a tall cylindrical flared neck, decorated with a mythical bear with outstretched wings and an eagle perched on rocky outcrops among crested waves, the copper-red sun half covered in clouds, painted with two seals, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within double circles. Height 15 1/2 in., 39.4 cm
Provenance: Collection of Eric Nordstrom, Sweden, acquired in the 1920s.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York. 15 sept. 2015