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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
1818
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The compressed bulbous body is finely decorated
with a scene of Western Zhou dynasty Emperor
Wen Wang, accompanied by three scholars and
two soldiers, offering a gift to Jiang Taigong, while
another two attendants in the distance tend to
Wen Wang's two-wheeled cart. The scene is
set within a lush garden setting with plantains
and willows, all below auspicious emblems and
tulips on the neck interrupted by the central bulb
encircled by lotus scroll.
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high, box
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 294.
A pair of similar vases in the British Museum,
dated to the late Ming dynasty, is illustrated by
J. Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan Ming
Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001,
p. 385, nos. 12:80 and 12:81. See, also, a blue
and white Chongzhen-period double-gourd
vase decorated with a related scene including a
two-wheeled cart and attendants, illustrated in R.
Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners,
1981, Hong Kong, p. 100, no. 41.

明崇禎 青花文王訪賢圖瓶