A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE BEAKER VASE, GU, KANGXI PERIOD China, 1662-1722. Superbly painted in bright enamels with garden scenes, the flaring neck with court officials drinking tea, two attendants preparing and serving the tea, a table beside the officials with scholar's objects, the central section with boys at play as well as court ladies playing xiangqi (Chinese chess), the spreading foot with a man playing the qin in front of a circular window inside a house, with two ladies listening from outside, the central section framed by two diapered borders. Provenance: New York private collection. Old collector's label to base. Condition: Very good and original condition with extensive wear to enamels and occasional light scratches. Inspected under strong blue light, the vase shows absolutely no restoration or repair of any kind. Possibly some microscopic touchups to black lines. Weight: 3,872 g Dimensions: Height 45.4 cm Auction comparison: Compare a related Famille Verte beaker vase, also dated to the Kangxi period and showing similar boys at play and court scenes, at Christie's London in The Cowdray Sale, 15 September 2011, lot 260, sold for GBP 10,000, and another, the central section also framed by two borders, at Christie's New York in Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, lot 904, sold for USD 17,500. Also compare a related Kangxi Famille Verte beaker vase enameled with battle scenes at Christie's New York in Chinese Export Art on 21 January 2016, lot 1, sold for USD 40,000. 康熙大型硬彩人物園林花觚 中國，1662-1722。精美的彩繪人物園林場景：花觚頸部可見朝臣圍桌品茶，侍從奉茶，桌上可見文房之物；花觚腹部可見童子嬉戲，貴婦下棋；足部可見一位文人在屋内圓形窗前彈琴，兩位夫人在外面聽；三個部分之間有三角條紋裝飾條。 來源：紐約私人收藏，底部可見老藏家標簽。 品相：非常好的原始狀態，琺琅彩磨損嚴重，局部有輕微划痕。在強藍光下檢查，花瓶沒有任何修補。 黑線局部可能進行了一些微觀修飾。 重量：3,872 克 尺寸：高45.4 厘米 拍賣結果比較: 一件相近的硬彩花觚，同樣為康熙年間，有相似的嬰戲場景，于倫敦佳士得 The Cowdray Sale 2011年9月15日lot 260, 售價GBP 10,000；另一件同樣以條紋裝飾帶隔離場景可見紐約佳士得Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art2016年9月15日 lot 904, 售價USD 17,500；還有一件相近康熙硬彩戰爭場景花觚于紐約佳士得Chinese Export Art 2016年1月21日lot 1, 售價USD 40,000.