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332 AN IRON-RED AND ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ⹙㈲ᒖ䛾㟞ࡶ勡㈸⨣
GILT-DECORATED
VASE
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
⧍侚⢕㡦䖤2004䎃6剢8傈管贫333
the slender baluster body surmounted by
a tall waisted neck with a knopped section
and widely # aring at the rim, the neck richly
ornamented with ! ne-lined plantain leaves
crowning a series gilt-# oral registers divided
by keyfret bands, the shoulder wrapped in a
broad collar of alternating pendent lappets
and ruyi heads enclosing stylized # owerhead
sprays reserved against a gilt ground,
the waisted lower body with four phoenix
medallions, the foot bordered with a band of
gilt # oral scrolls, the interior rim with a band
of rosettes with wanzi centers against a spiral
diaper ground, coll. no. 1489.
Height 17½ in., 44.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 8th June 2004, lot 333.
A related vase of a similarly undulating
outline but lacking the bulbed neck and with
the addition of pale green enamels from
the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome
and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999, pl.
82. Other closely related vases of larger size
with elongated necks, # oral sprigs rather than
crane medallions and lacking black enamels
are known. One of this type from the collection
of Augustus the Strong and listed in a 1721
inventory is illustrated in Walter Bondy, Kang-
Hsi, Munich, 1925, p. 209.
$ 25,000-35,000
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