A large blue and white 'Landscape' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. LOT SOLD. 43,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's
sturdily potted of ovoid form, vividly painted in underglaze-blue in the finely stippled and penciled 'Master of the Rocks' style, depicting a central pavilion surrounded by weeping willow trees and towering mountains with scholars wandering along paths, nearby a farmer laboring in a field, and fishermen poling sampans on a wide river, the short neck with reserved floral sprigs on a diaper ground. Height 16 1/2 in., 42 cm
Provenance: Collection of Mr. Jerry O'Brien, Wichita, Kansas.
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 18th-19th October 1945, lot 402.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 Sep 2015, 02:00 PM