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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE This garniture is unusual in that all pieces have covers. The beaker
Kangxi period, circa 1700 covers are similar to lids common on drinking vessels of a similar date,
Comprising three slender baluster vases, two cylindrical beaker vases and the domed lids, without finials, are similar to ones of larger size
and, unusually, five domed covers, the beaker covers with finials, all often accompanying larger decorative vases like the famous Kangxi
painted in even blue tones with two bands of elaborate, blue-ground period ‘hawthorn’ jars that later caused enormous interest, and
lappets reserved with white floral and tendril meanders descending generated record auction prices, among Victorian collectors.
from the top rim and rising from the foot rim and with floral scrolling
and diamond-shaped cells in the reserved spaces between. Such five-piece sets were known in Holland as De Kastels and were
9 3/4in (25cm) high (5). very popular across Europe. Interior designs in the late seventeenth
century by Daniel Marot, further promoted, their use as decorative
$15,000 - 20,000 adjuncts above pediments, fire-places, and wall shelving.
康熙時期 約1700年 青花飾瓶一套五件
Published:
Cohen & Cohen, Think Pink!, Antwerp, 2013, pp. 8-9, no. 3
出版:
倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行,《Think Pink!》,安特衛普,2013年,
頁8-9,圖版編號3
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