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This elegant water pot belongs to an elite group of small scholar’s ᫉㲬㓯ཉ⢙भԻ㵶ᵐ㞏ㅏ⡚ࣿ׆ᵐ㞏ӳՆᆭ卿ἃᄮᾭ໶⚨⊂⊄⎏Ӭ♎
objects made during the Kangxi reign which employed a rare ⁞᫢৅♎卿㘻჎սㅳהཎ։ᙔݰক㪀㉑≢ἃԖǯ⯝᫉଍ᆨࣿ⡠㱈㘆Ԣ
combination of underglaze copper-red and overglaze green, and black.
Compare to four water pots of this design, one in the Baur Collection, ⏟ऱ⎏׾ຽ㇦ᙻ厍ഌⲖࢷ⁒㱦ഌ⣠ᇪⅧ⻦卿㇦⼖⅌⇷ⶬǶ*MMVTUSBUFE
illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol. 2, no. 148; $BUBMPHVF PG 2JOH &OBNFMMFE 8BSF JO UIF 1FSDJWBM %BWJE 'PVOEBUJPO PG
one in the Percival David Foundation on loan to the British Museum, $IJOFTF "SUǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ # ⽚厎⇧೥㷿᭄ែᙹ⻱ワ㱦卿
illustrated in Rosemary Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled ㇦ +PIO "ZFST ⶬǶ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT JO 5IF #BVS $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿✄ ݺ卿
Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1991, ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚ ӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦卿㇦Ƕӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦⻦ᄮᾭ≢
p.59, no. B706; one in the Shanghai Museum, see Kangxi Porcelain
Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, no. 84; எ㢙Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ࣿӬ׾㖊ᙻǶᜀᇪ㤯ࢨჺཿǷ卿
one illustrated in the Chang Foundation, illustrated in One Thousand ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯऔजᬘ㖅Ⴃ㿰म⧻ࢷ⁒㱦Ꮢ⻦Ӭ։ᦔஎ
Years of Jingdezhen, Tokyo, 2006, p. 49, no. 31. Compare also with ⯝᫉ཌ♑Ԇս⻤Ǯ⡻ᆭഅ㱈Իݦភᝲ໋⎏׾ຽ卿㇦ǶThe World’s Great
another example in the Musée Guimet painted with two additional
Collections卿Oriental Ceramics厍Musée Guimet卿ParisǷ卿✄ ݺ卿ែ՗卿
blossoms in overglaze purple and blue, illustrated in The World’s Great
Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol.7, Musée Guimet, Paris, Tokyo, 1981, ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ
no. 42.
᫉㯸৅♎ࣿ⡠㱈⎏᭢ԂՔ㇦ᝳ⼙៧ཉ㙁௛卿അ㱈սݦភᝲ໋卿㇦Ƕᘢ༈
Also included in this group are globular water pots painted with Ⅷ⻦ᄮ㫇Գ≢଍எ㢙Ƿ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎⇧೥㷿᭄ែᙹ⻱ワ㱦卿
a comparable design, such as an example in the Palace Museum, Ƕ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT JO 5IF #BVS $PMMFDUJPOǷ卿✄ ݺ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿
Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from எ‸ ⽚厎⅌Ⳍల⯠⻦Ӭ׾卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, 1989, p. 41, no. 24; in the Baur
Collection, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The Baur Collection, vol.
2, 1999, no. 149; and from the Meiyintang Collection, sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 2.

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