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A BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE-STRING' VASE, LAIFU ZUN The shape of this vase laifu zun, 'turnip-shaped vase', referes to the custom of
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) naming porcelain forms after plants by Chinese scholars. The shape is also
The vase is decorated to the body with a river landscape with a fsherman on a called sanxuan zun (three string vase) and was popular among peachbloom-
boat passing by rocks and pine trees. The slender neck is decorated with two glazed wares of the Kangxi reign. This shape derives its name from the
bamboo sprays above three moulded bow-strings to the shoulder. The base rings around the neck which recall the strings used on Chinese musical
has an apocryphal Chenghua mark. instruments.
9¡ in. (23.8 cm.) high.

£6,000-8,000 US$7,500-10,000
€6,800-9,000 清康熙 青花人物山水圖萊菔尊
來源:
PROVENANCE:
With Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, the Netherlands, 25 November 1998. 荷蘭Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, 1998年11月25日
瑞士艾爾伯．梵達倫及莉奧妮．梵達倫伉儷珍藏

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