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A LARGE TRANSITIONAL Provenance: Old Austrian
WUCAI BALUSTER VASE Private collection, assembled
WITH PALACE SCENE, 17 in the 1930s to early 1950s
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CENTURY
White glazed porcelain with Literature comparison: for
underglaze blue decoration. a comparable vase see
Multi-colored enamels in Christie’s, Chinese Ceramics,
Wucai palette over the glaze Works of Art and Textiles, 13
117 118 China, mid-17 century May 2011, London, South
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A TRANSITIONAL WUCAI OVIFORM VASE WITH CANOPIES AND BANNERS, 17 A FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN ‘BOY WITH LOTUS Kensington, lot 1140.
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CENTURY FLOWER’, KANGXI The body of slender baluster
White glazed porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Multi-colored enamels in Wucai Porcelain with multi-colored enamels shape with flared neck and ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨Ḽ⼑Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ䒞
palette over the glaze China, Kangxi period (1662-1722) tapered foot. Finely enameled 䘥慱䒟炻慱ᶳ啵⼑炻慱ᶲ⼑
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China, early 17 century around the body with a scene ᷕ⚳炻⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ᷕ
Depicting a boy holding a lotus flower and dressed in of courtiers in the palace
The exterior of this oviform vase shows Buddhist canopies and banners, hand painted colorful attire, this porcelain figurine shows hand painting grounds. Two young men on 䳘攟䒞幓炻柠悐ℭ㔪炻偑悐
in traditional Wucai palette enamels. Underglaze blue circles as well as overglaze in classical Famille Verte palette. The lotus flower is hollow horseback are in conversation ⢾⻝炻嵛悐⢾㐯ˤ䒞幓ẍ䏢
ornamental and floral borders round off the classic appearance of this vessel. The base so incense sticks, peacock feathers or dried flowers could with a lady, seated on a 䎭⼑㍷丒Ḯ⭖㭧䘬⟜⛘ᶲ㚱
is unglazed. be placed there. terrace. In the background ᶨ佌㛅冋ˤ ℑ⎵榶⛐楔側ᶲ
we see her servant and two 䘬⸜庽䓟⫸㬋⛐␴ᶨỵ⛸⛐
Shape: Oviform shape Shape: Figural shape boys are standing on front of 曚⎘ᶲ䘬⤛⢓Ṍ婯ˤ 側㘗塷
Dimensions: 30 cm (height), 24 cm (maximum diameter) Dimensions: 31,5 cm (height), 8,5 cm (width) the men’s horses. The palace 㚱⤡䘬⁽Ṣ␴ℑᾳ䓟⬑䪁⛐
Condition: Very good condition with traces of age and wear Condition: Good condition with wear and minor abrasions roof is partly covered in 䓟Ṣ䘬楔⇵ˤ ⭖㭧䘬⯳枪悐
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Provenance: Austrian Private Collection clouds, a motif that is vividly ↮塓暚Ⰼ央味叿ˤ側朊揝䲭
painted in iron-red stretching 刚✪䚜㍷丒暚㛝䲳ᶲˤ偑悐
Literature comparison: Bonham’s, CHINESE & OTHER ASIAN WORKS OF ART, 10 Mai Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, SATURDAY AT along one vertical area of ᶨ忻⅘塪⼊䲳炻柠悐丒啵刚
2010, LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, lot 113 (for a vase comparable in size and shape, SOTHEBY’S: ASIAN ART, 19 SEPTEMBER 2015, NEW YORK, the vase. A thin ‘cracked-ice’ `Ⱉ⍲卲剙␴䈉ᷡˤ
decorated with mythical beasts) lot 1000 (for similar figurines, yet more refined and dating border at the shoulder, below
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to the 19 century) a waisted neck painted with 䒞⼊
⋩ᶫᶾ䲨Ḽ⼑㕡⊅䲳䒞 chrysanthemum and peony ⯢⮠烉檀 49,5 cm炻ᶲ悐䚜
⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱⸜ẋ⍲䢐㎵䘬䕽嶉 ⹟䅁⸜攻䠔⼑Ⱦ咖剙䪍⫸ȿ sprays issuing from blue ⼹ 16,5 cm
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ ⑩䚠列⤥炻庽⽖䢐㎵ rockwork. 柠悐⎗夳ᶨ忻ᾖ墄忶䘬塪⎋
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷 䔁ᶳ䘬檖䴚䳘䷓
Estimate EUR 300,- Shape: Slender baluster
Starting price EUR 150,- Estimate EUR 200,- shape 㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᶨẞ栆Ụ⇞✳⎗
Starting price EUR 100,- Dimensions: 49,5 cm 夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪ᷕ⚳昞䒟ˣⶍ喅
(height), 16,5 cm (upper ⑩⍲䷼䈑˫炻2011⸜5㚰13
diameter) 㖍炻ΐ㔎炻⋿偗彃枻炻1140
Condition: One larger chip 嘇㉵⑩
(restored) with emerging
short hairline (mostly visible Estimate EUR 1.200,-
on the inside) to neck. Starting price EUR 600,-

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