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二 28. Blue and white, underglaze copper-red and celadon-ground vase of phoenix-tail form, fengweizhun, yanyan, painted
十 with Shoulao seated on his deer holding a lingzhi sceptre, his attendant walking beside carrying a scroll tied on a
八 rootwood staff, approaching another attendant holding a basket of lingzhi and prunus pointing at the distance, all

beside a large pine tree amongst wuti, lingzhi and rockwork, with a crane in flight, another perched on a pine branch,
豆 amongst white lingzhi clouds beneath the sun, all on a rich and even celadon ground, the underside with a double ring
青 in underglaze blue.
地 45cm high.
青 Kangxi, 1662-1722.
花
釉 • Formerly in an important American collection.
裏 • Sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 27th April 2003, no. 155.
紅 • A rouleau vase of this subject matter and technique was included by Marchant in their Recent Acquisitions catalogue,
壽 2003, no. 43, pp. 64/5.
老 • A bell-form baluster vase of similar subject with this technique is illustrated by Christina Chu and Lawrence
鳳 C.S. Tam in The Wonders of the Potters’ Palette, Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art,
尾 C79.207, no. 27, pp. 62/3.
尊 • A pair of vases of this form decorated in the same technique, each with the eight horses of Muwang, was included by

Marchant in their Recent Acquisitions catalogue, 2011, no. 13, pp. 28/9, and a pair of bottle vases of this technique
清 decorated with deer, crane and pine was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Imperial Chinese Porcelain,
康 Ceramics and Works of Art, 2013, no. 13, pp. 30/1.
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