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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIGURAL’ JARS
AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

each jar of slender ovoid form set over a straight foot and
rising to a short, tapered neck, the exterior of one painted
in inky cobalt tones with a general seated at a table holding
a brush in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other, a
military officer addressing him with a defiant gesture and
guards standing by, the other vase painted in cobalt with
women in a garden enjoying erudite pastimes such as
reading, cultivating bonsai, playing the qin, and competing at
a game of weiqi, each domed cover surmounted by a small
Buddhist lion-form knop wreathed by a band of pendent
stylized petals (4)
height 9⅝ in., 24.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of John pullan (1915-1995).
spink, London, 1998.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection,
spink, London, cat. no. 38.
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$ 5,000-7,000

清康熙 青花人物故事圖蓋罐一對
來源
John Pullan (1915-1995) 收藏
Spink，倫敦，1998年
展覽
《Chinese Blue and White Porcelain from the Pullan
Collection》，Spink，倫敦，編號38

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANTERN’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
the tall cylindrical body supported on a splayed foot and
rising to a waisted neck and upright rim, the body painted
with a continuous scene of four luohan in a garden setting,
seated beneath pine trees and surrounded by scrolls and
scholarly objects, all above lingzhi sprays and a keyfret
border at the foot, and below diaper and keyfret bands at the
shoulder, the neck painted with a selection of the ‘hundred
antiques’
height 19 in., 48.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s new York, 20th september 2005, lot 344.

$ 5,000-7,000
清十八 / 十九世紀 青花四仙圖燈籠瓶

來源
紐約佳士得2005年9月20日，編號344

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