Chinese porcelain claire-de-lune vase. Delicately potted, of baluster form with a flaring lip. Marked along the underside with a six-character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. With custom silk box. Box and vase both with labels from the sale of the Jingguantang Collection, Christie's, Hong Kong, 5 November 1997. Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, November 5, 1997; Collection of Bruce Dayton & Ruth Stricker Dayton, Minnesota. Box; height: 3 3/4 in x width: 8 in x depth: 7 1/4 in. Vase; height: 6 1/4 in x diameter: 2 1/4 in.