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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GUY AND
MARIE-HÉLÈNE WEILL

1614

A GILT-DECORATED MIRROR-BLACK-
GLAZED ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The vase is gilt-decorated around the body
with variously shaped panels enclosing scenes
of birds perched on tree branches, squirrels
in leafy grapevines laden with grapes,
carp swimming amidst water plants, and
antiques, all reserved on a ground of foral
scrolls and above a band of petal lappets.
The neck is painted with two landscapes
within rectangular panels, separated by two
medallions of bamboo, and the shoulder
with taiji symbols alternating with fower
heads.

17¡ in. (44 cm.) high

$15,000-25,000

EXHIBITED

The Chinese Porcelain Company, Important
Chinese Export Porcelain from Kangxi to Jiaqing,
New York, 1999, no. 7.

The luminous black glaze which decorates this
rouleau-form vase is known as ‘noir miroir’ or
‘mirror black’ for its dark, glassy surface. A pair of
large rouleau vases with tall necks, decorated with
circular and square panels and a similar ground
pattern, mounted in rococo ormolu, is illustrated
by Beurdeley and Raindre, Qing porcelain: famille
verte, famille rose, New York, 1987, no. 374, p.
271. Another rouleau vase of similar form, but
decorated in with large vertical panels on the
same black ground, is also illustrated, p. 160, no.
223.

清康熙 烏金釉金彩開光花鳥山水紋棒槌瓶

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