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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NORTH
AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE COPPER-
RED AND CELADON-GLAZED
QUADRANGULAR VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the tall, rectangular sides broadening toward
the ß at, square shoulder and surmounted
by a trumpet neck, each side painted with a
mountainous landscape within a double-line
border, the sloping banks and distant peaks
carved in low relief and glazed in pale celadon
tones contrasting with the deep umber hues
of the underglaze-red tree trunks and foliage
and the inky cobalt passages of underglaze
blue variously describing the rivers, mountains,
ground, leaves, and pavilions, literati-style
signatures reading Yunqiao or Qiaoyin and seals
inscribed at the top of each panel, one panel
with a poetic verse taken from a Tang dynasty
poem by Wang Ji reading shushu jieqiuse
shanshan weiluohui (‘every tree is covered
by the color of autumn, every mountain is
gloriÞ ed by the color of sunset’), ß oral sprays in
underglaze blue at the corners of the shoulder,
underglaze-blue and copper-red rockwork and
ß owers at the neck, the recessed base with an
apocryphal four-character Chenghua mark in
underglaze blue, wood stand (2)
Height 21⅜ in., 54.3 cm
Quadrangular porcelain vases with angled sides
and trumpet necks were among the novel forms
developed by potters of the Kangxi period (r.
1662-1722). Whereas vases of this form were
typically painted in famille-verte enamels, the
present example is distinguished by the use
of underglaze-blue, copper-red, and celadon
glaze, a palette that was normally reserved
for round vases, brushpots, and jardinières. In
addition to the shape and coloration, the use
of literati-style inscriptions to mark the painted
sides as if they were hanging scrolls is another
trope characteristic of Kangxi era ceramicists.
$ 30,000-50,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ慱塷ᶱ⼑䥳Ⱉ句㘱⚾㕡䒞
˪ㆸ⊾⸜墥˫ầ㫦
娑㔯烉
㧡㧡䘮䥳刚ġⰙⰙょ句㘱

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