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343 A FAMILLE VERTE ⌲Ꮴ⛆ ρᒖ㟞ࡶ䇩㳚咺㈸⨣
‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE
VASE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period ҳ⎽
Marchant⧍侚
the body of undulating baluster form
tapering to a tall cylindrical neck terminating
with an everted rim, sparsely enameled
with a delicately intertwining foliate motif
surmounted by four stylized chrysanthemum
blooms of alternating green and iron red, an
underglaze-blue chilong in high relief artfully
coiled around the base of the neck, coll. no.
1556.
Height 8⅝ in., 21.9 cm

PROVENANCE
Marchant, London.
Among the more ancient of mythical beasts,
chilong were a favorite archaistic motif for
carvers and potters. Their dynamic sinuous
forms rendered in high relief grace varying
bronzes, carvings and ceramics from the Song
dynasty onwards. The restrained decoration
on the present piece is noteworthy and draws
focus to the quality of the potting and the
movement of the form. A similar vase from the
Samuel P. Avery Sr. Collection, gifted in 1879,
is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, acc. no. 79.2.1223.
$ 20,000-30,000

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