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A ‘MIRROR’ BLACK-GLAZED ‘PHOENIX
TAIL’ VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The body is covered in a ‘mirror’-black glaze bearing traces of gilt
decoration depicting immortals examining a scroll in a mountainous
landscape amidst pine trees below borders of ruyi and alternating
‘cracked ice’ and shaped panels depicting Buddhist emblems. The tall,
trumpet-form neck is decorated with further immortals, including
Shoulao, and a deer.
18º in. (46 cm.) high

$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE

Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.

清康熙 烏金釉鳳尾尊

來源
Mary Clark Thompson（1835-1923）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1923年。

898

A ROSE VERTE BISCUIT FIGURE OF AN
EQUESTRIAN

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The rider is shown seated on a caparisoned horse set with a saddle
and saddle cloth decorated with crested waves standing foursquare
on rectangular pierced plinth. His hands are positioned to hold reins
and he wears a blue-enameled jacket and a conical hat, exposing two
locks of hair that fall over his shoulders.
8¿ in. (20.6 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1952) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1927.

A pair of similar horses and riders, shown standing on pierced
rectangular bases, in The Copeland Collection, is illustrated by
W. Sargent in The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic
Figures, The Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts, 1991, pp.
58-9, no. 18.

A related rose verte equestrian group, but with the fgure standing
beside the horse, is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics, The
Anthony de Rothchild Collection, London, 1996, vol. II, p. 474-5,
no. 286. Another rose verte example was sold at Christie’s
Amsterdam, 3 May 2005, lot 249.

清康熙 粉彩騎馬男像

來源
Mary Stillman Harkness（1874-1952）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1927年。

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