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385 A LARGE BLUE AND ⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞䪸ٶ㟞ⴠ䡓䰋ృതว
WHITE PERSIAN-
STYLE EWER

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
Marchant⧍侚2000䎃
the " attened pear-shaped body rising from a The elegant attenuated form of the present
spreading foot to a waisted neck with a raised ewer is most likely derived from a Middle
band and cupped mouth, the dragon-form Eastern metal prototype. These vessels, often ܧ❵
handle set opposite the S-curved spout, the with a matching basin, were used primarily for Je# rey P StamenCynthia Volk ⿻⧋❠俛
front and back each with a teardrop-shaped ceremonial ablutions. While derived from an շ俒ꅷ⼾搭 : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳渿⚆櫙ո䋒ス
panel enclosing a ‘pheasant and rockwork’ Islamic form, these ewers were successfully 饟2017䎃㕬晝109
vignette bordered by scrolling peonies against assimilated and adapted for the domestic
a blue ground, the sides and spout with market which valued them for their exoticism.
" owering boughs, further foliate decoration at A similar blue and white Kangxi period ewer
the neck, mouth, foot, and spout, coll. no. 290. in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London is
illustrated in Rose Kerr and Luisa E. Mengoni
Height 11⅜ in., 28.8 cm
Chinese Export Ceramics, London, 2011, pl.154.
PROVENANCE
Marchant, London, 2000.

LITERATURE
Je# rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin
Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Porcelain
from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017,
pl. 109.
$ 25,000-35,000

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