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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE AND COPPER- The inscription on the plate reads: In the tale, a fisherman haphazardly sails up
RED PEACH-SHAPED DISH a stream before sailing into a forest entirely
Kangxi 倒影 枝嵐翠， of blossoming peach trees. By chance,
Finely potted in the shape of a peach with 滴穿雲覓浮槎。 the fisherman discovers a passage into a
gently curving sides and supported on a 淡庵。 secluded utopia, inhabited by people and
short foot, deftly painted in the interior with animals who have not known war or suffering.
a scholar and attendant on a shore beside a Which may be translated as: The villagers treated the fisherman warmly but
pavilion surrounded by a dense thicket of pine warned him not to tell others of their location.
and copper-red wutong trees, a fisherman The reflection of the branches and emerald The fisherman, however, tried to mark his
on a sampan emerging from the right, all green trees, way to remember the path back. But when
beneath prunus dotted with red and bamboo, Drops through the clouds to seek a floating he tried to find this paradise again, he could
a calligraphic inscription with seal at the top. raft. not. The subject would be the theme for many
26cm (10 1/2in) wide. Dan An (The Unadorned Hut) painters in Chinese history, to describe an
ethereal utopia where the people lead an ideal
£10,000 - 15,000 The poem makes reference to the reflection existence in harmony with nature, unaware of
CNY81,000 - 120,000 of the trees on the river catching a raft. the outside world for centuries.
The shape of the dish is in the form of an
清康熙 青花釉裏紅桃形碟 auspicious peach, which together with a The present lot appears to be very rare,
scene of a boatman on river, could be a however, the style of the rocks is in the
Provenance: reference to the story of Peach Blossom 'Master of the Rocks' style, with hemp-fibre
John R. Berwald, London, circa 1991 Spring (桃花源記), a fable written by Tao brush strokes, and is related to two circular
Yuanming (365-427). blue and white dishes with copper-red and
來源： calligraphic inscriptions, Kangxi, illustrated
倫敦古董商 John R. Berwald，約1991年 in China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from
Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London,
2018, pp.240-241, no.145.

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