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A LARGE AND VERY RARE KANGXI PERIOD FAMILLE VERTE
BALUSTER VASE ‘LIU HAI AND FEMALE IMMORTALS’
Porcelain with iron red, underglaze blue and multi-colored enamels in
Famille Verte palette
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
This masterly hand painted vase shows iron red outlines at the
protagonists’ faces and multi colored enamels throughout, in high relief.
Depicted is the god of wealth, Liu Hai, holding a string of cash and with
his toad companion. Liu Hai is sitting atop a cleft rock amidst the wavy
sea. A log raft boat with two female immortals, possible Xi Wangmu and
an attendant, is seen next to Liu Hai. The log raft has a gnarled trunk-
form mast form, from which a basket filled with lingzhi is dangling. The
beauties in the boat are watching the scene of Liu Hai and his toad with
amusement.

The neck of the vase shows a cloud pattern as well as bird in flight. The
underside bears an underglaze blue double-circle.

Remarkable is the artistic quality of the painting, the plain white areas
functioning as the canvas for the vivid imagery and the ornate patterns.
Shape: Baluster shape
Dimensions: Height 46 cm
Condition: Overall very good condition, besides one restored central
drilling to base
Provenance: Canadian private collection

Literature comparison: for Kangxi period Famille Verte porcelains of
comparable quality see Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF
ART, 17 SEPTEMBER 2013 - 18 SEPTEMBER 2013, LONDON, lot 328 (for a
vase, only half the size) or Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 11 MAY
2016, LONDON, lot 181 (for a plate).

⣏✳⹟䅁䠔⼑Ⱦ∱㴟ẁ⥹ȿ㡺㥴䒞
昞䒟炻揝䲭慱炻曺剙慱ᶳ⼑炻Ḽ⼑
ᷕ⚳炻⹟䅁 (1662-1722)
忁ẞ䔓≇䱦㸃䘬ㇳ丒剙䒞⛐ᷣ奺䘬共ᶲἧ䓐揝䲭刚⯽䎦廒⹻炻᷎⛐⚃␐ἧ䓐
⣂⼑䏢䐗慱↠↢堐朊ˤ 屉䤆∱㴟⛸⛐㲊㴒㳞㸏䘬㴟ᷕ䘬ⶐ䞛ᷳᶲ炻ㇳᷕ㊧叿
ᶨᷚ戭拊徿侵慹垦ˤ⛐∱㴟㕩怲⎗ẍ䚳⇘ᶨ刀⛸叿ℑᾳ⤛ẁ䘬㛐凡炻⎗傥㗗
大䌳㭵␴⤡䘬ἵ⤛ˤ㛐䫷凡柕ㆸ⻶㚚㧡㝅炻ᶨᾳ㝅⸡✪ᶳᶨᾳ㓦㺧曰剅䘬剙
䯫ˤ 凡ᶲ䘬伶⤛㬋⛐㫋岆叿∱㴟␴Ṿ䘬垦嚵㇚侵ね㘗ˤ

剙䒞䘬柠悐栗䣢↢ᶨᾳḼ⼑䤍暚⚾㟰ẍ⍲梃沍ˤ 䒞⸽ⷞ㚱曺剙慱ᶳ⼑暁⚰
㫦ˤ

㬌䒞⯌℞⺽Ṣ㲐䚖䘬㗗丒䔓䘬喅埻⑩岒炻㧠䳈䘬䘥刚⸽朊⃭䔞Ḯ䓇≽䘬⚾⁷
␴厗渿䘬⚾㟰䘬䔓ⶫˤ
㡺㥴䒞⼊
⯢⮠烉檀 46 cm
⑩䚠㔜橼㤝⤥炻⸽悐ᷕ⣖悐ấ㚱ᾖ⽑忶
≈㊧⣏

㔯䌣⍫侫烉⹟䅁⸜攻䠔⼑昞䒟栆Ụ岒慷⎗夳喯⭴㭼 ˪ᷕ⚳䱦伶昞䒟冯ⶍ喅
⑩˫炻2013⸜9㚰17-18㖍炷ᶨᾳ剙䒞炻⯢⮠ᶨ⋲⣏炸ㆾ喯⭴㭼˪慵天ᷕ⚳喅
埻˫炻2016⸜5㚰11㖍炻ΐ㔎炻181嘇㉵⑩炷ᶨᾳ䚌⫸炸
Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.000,-

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