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Fig. 1  Mallet vase with warriors. China; Jiangxi province,
                                                                Qing dynasty, Reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662 - 1722).
                                                                Porcelain with overglaze polychrome decoration. Asian
                                                                Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage
                                                                Collection, B60P1237. Photograph © Asian Art Museum
                                                                of San Francisco
                                                                㕬♧ 幢䐁擳 ❀䕙問圖櫖 莍ꆄ㿋❏崎谁遯⽈暟긭 Avery
                                                                Brundage 佐询 B60P1237
                                                                h 莍ꆄ㿋❏崎谁遯⽈暟긭































                Vases  of  similar  impressive  dimension  of  this  superlative  quality  and   㽯㼄湱鵛ծ粭➃暟㕭⛓⢾〳嫱Ⰾ⟝ⴀ荈  John
                brilliantly painted with densely populated " gural scenes are exceptionally   L.  Severence  佐诡1936䎃䯩飨✮⯘ⵄ㣗貼
                rare.  There  appears  to  be  only  one  other  vase  that  closely  compares   谀遮⽇暟긬䖔㈒倴秢秉⢕㡦䖤2000䎃9剢21
                with the present example, in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco and   傈箠贪324粭滞劊㸽翸剚箠贪322粭滞
                illustrated  in  R.  L.  d’Argencé  Chinese  Ceramics  in  the  Avery  Brundage   ➲侣顭銯桬嫢植㿂悦誩㛔佐询姽㢫〳嫲侸
                Collection,  San  Francisco,  1967,  pl.  68  and  again  by  He  Li,  Chinese   ⢿粭滞㢵➃暟Ⱖ♧㈒倴⧍侚豤㺢嫲2007䎃
                Ceramics  A  New  Comprehensive  Survey,  New  York,  1996,  pl.  646   11剢7傈管贫329〥♧⢾粭傹ꤿꕶ䨞㕭诡
                (  g. 1). The vase features a large o>  cial gathering as the Song dynasty   倴  Taft  Museum鳟鳟齡䲿⤜❞⤜䊜㕭鯺
                Zhenzong  emperor  bestows  an  honorary  seal  on  the  Generals  of  the   倴շAs  You  Wish,  Symbol  and  Meaning
                Yang  family.  The  meticulously  rendered  " gures  (of  which  there  are   on  Chinese  Porcelains  from  the  Taft
                an  impressive  56)  are  painted  with  the  same  consummate  skill  that   Museumո螟繠⼿鹍爢秢秉1994䎃㕭3갤
                distinguishes the present example.              13〥嫱♲⢾ⴀ荈 Benjamin Altman 佐诡植诡
                                                                秢秉㣐鿪剚谀遮⽇暟긬箠贪14 40 85ծ14 40 83
                Other  vases  of  equivalent  dimension  and  " nely  enameled  with  " gural
                                                                ⿺14 40 331㼿剣♧⢾ⴀ荈  J   Goldschmidt
                scenes include two from the John L. Severence Collection, donated to
                                                                佐诡㕭鯺倴շAusstellung  Chinesischer
                the  Cleveland  Museum  of  Art  in  1936  and  sold  at  Christie’s  New  York
                                                                Kunstո厣卌1929䎃갤330箠贪892կⱄ
                21st  September  2000,  lot  324  with  a  scene  depicting  a  large  o>  cial
                                                                嫱Ⰾ⢾✿䕙啎圔櫔㽯㼄湱鵛㕭鯺倴  R   L
                gathering, and lot 322 depicting an elaborate festival honoring the Queen
                                                                HobsonշThe  Leonard  Gow  Collection  of
                of the West, Xiwangmu, now in the Jie Rui Tang Collection. Other similar
                                                                Chinese  Porcelainո⧍侚1931䎃㕭晜XXV⿺
                examples with numerous " gures include one sold in our London rooms,
                                                                XLVIIIa ⵸罏粭畮⼯眎䣓䖔罏粭犷犗㡽♲僤կ
                7th November 2007, lot 329; one depicting The Tale of Kunyang City in
                the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio illustrated in As You Wish, Symbol and   ⱄ 〳 嫱 鯱 侷 ⢾ 㽯 㼄 湱 鵛 粭 Ꟛ ⯕ 둷 桊 秙 
                Meaning  on  Chinese  Porcelains  from  the  Taft  Museum,  China  Institute   Ⱖ♧㕭鯺倴  Walter  BondyշKang hsiո䢏㽲
                Gallery, New York, 1994, " g. 3, p. 13; three from the Benjamin Altman   랱1923䎃갤136⿺140❠鋅Ⰾ⢾ⴀ荈 John D
                Collection  in  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art,  New  York,  acquisition   Rockefeller  佐诡⿺㣐鿪剚谀遮⽇暟긬㈒倴秢
                nos.  14.40.85,  14.40.83,  14.40.331;  and  another  from  the  collection  of   秉⢕㡦䖤2016䎃9剢15傈管贫870⿺871կ
                J.  Goldschmidt  illustrated  in  Ausstellung  Chinesischer  Kunst,  Berlin,
                1929,  cat.  no.  892.  Additionally  two  further  examples  of  famille-verte
                rouleau vases of similar size are illustrated in R. L. Hobson, The Leonard
                Gow  Collection  of  Chinese  Porcelain,  London,  1931,  pls.  XXV  depicting
                a  dragon  boat  festival  scene  and  XLVIIIa  painted  with  the  ‘Three  Star
                Gods’.
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