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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE
‘HUNTING SCENE’ BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The globular body is fnely decorated in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with a
continuous hunting scene, depicting a group of seven female equestrians
hunting rabbits. The tall neck is encircled by a central band of roundels
containing ladies reserved on a ground of fretwork diaper between a
landscape band below and a band of ladies standing on either side of
jardinières in a garden setting above.
16æ in. (42.5 cm.) high

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE
A noble family collection, The Netherlands.
S. Marchant & Son, London, 2004.
Bertil J. Högström Collection, Stockholm, Sweden, no. 56,
acquired June 2004.
EXHIBITED
New York and London, S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions,
26 - 31 March and 9 -15 June 2004.
LITERATURE
S. Marchant & Son, Recent Acquisitions, London, 2004, pp. 36-37, no. 28.
The present vase is unusually imposing, with its tall, columnar neck, but
also shows the lively illustrative style of Kangxi blue and white wares on
the body, with a depiction in one continuous scene of ladies galloping
during a rabbit hunt. A vase of related form in the collection of the
Shanghai Museum, but with the body divided into three sections, each
depicting scenes from The Romance of the Western Chamber, is illustrated
by Sir Michael Butler and Wang Qingzheng, Seventeenth Century
Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection,
Hong Kong and London, 2006, pp. 2586-287, no. 105. Another related
vase, but with a slightly tapering neck and decorated with continuous
landscapes, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated
by Chen Run Min (ed.), Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci (Blue and
White Porcelain from the Shunzhi and Kangxi Periods), Beijing, 2005,
pp. 416-417, no. 270.
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