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IMPORTANT
FAMILLE-VERTE

‘INVESTITURE OF
THE GODS’ ROULEAU
VASE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
鸒麌Ⱇ぀秣秉
the cylindrical body magni" cently painted
翱騟僒倛谁遯⽈暟긭翱騟僒倛㺙豤ꅽ䊝
in vibrant translucent enamels and " ne-
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lined details with a scene from Feng shen
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bang (Investiture of the Gods), at the left
two émigrés from the Shang royal lineage
deferentially bowing to the conquering army ᆂ㻪
led by King Wu of Zhou, the King accompanied շ䫵〢輑➛ : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳櫙㐼㾝ո豤㺢嫲
by heavily armed cavalry, strategists, deities, 秣秉2014䎃管贫2
immortals, and demons supporting his claim
to the Mandate of Heaven, banners overhead
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billowing with their steadfast advance, a grove
Je# rey P StamenCynthia Volk ⿻⧋❠俛
of soaring trees amid jagged boulders marking շ俒ꅷ⼾搭 : 悦誩㛔询䐁擳渿⚆櫙ո䋒ス
the edge of the scene, the shoulder with 饟2017䎃㕬晝1
plum blossom sprays alternating with shaped
cartouches enclosing the ‘Hundred Antiques’
all against a speckled green ground, the neck
with images of Liu Hai teasing the Hehe Erxian
under a full moon, colorful keyfret or ruyi-head
borders dividing each decorative zone, the
glazed base unmarked, coll. no 1420.
Height 29¼ in., 74.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Tonying & Company, New York.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, acc.
no. 113.1916.
Christie’s New York, 30th March 2005, lot 396.
EXHIBITED
Embracing Classic Chinese Culture: Kangxi
Porcelains from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Sotheby’s, New York, 2014, cat. no. 2.
LITERATURE
Je# rey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin
Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese
Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection,
Bruges, 2017, pl. 1.
$ 400,000-600,000

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