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A BLUE AND WHITE 'SHOU' ROULEAU VASE, 清康熙 青花萬壽棒槌瓶
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD 來源：
46.5 cm
Holger Rosell（1917-2009年）收藏，斯德哥爾摩
PROVENANCE
Collection of Holger Rosell (1917-2009), Stockholm.
HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000

Inscribed with 695 shou-characters and yinyang symbols,
this possibly unique rouleau vase forms part of the famous
group of vases with 10,000 shou-characters and a group of
approximately 740 shou-characters.
The former group was possibly made for one of the Kangxi
Emperor’s milestone birthdays. It has also been suggested
that these vases were produced for the Grand Empress
Dowager Xiaozhuang, grandmother of the Kangxi Emperor
to celebrate her 60th birthday in 1673, or her 70th birthday
in 1683. See an example from the Qing Court collection and
now preserved in Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Blue
and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III), The Complete
Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum, Shanghai,
2000, pp. 8-9.
See also a related vase with 905 shou-characters, possibly
written by the same calligrapher, in the Nanjing Museum,
illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi,
Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Chinese University of Hong
Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 13, where the
author notes that this group of vases was usually made to
commemorate the birthday of an elderly member of the
royal court.
Another related vase is illustrated in Splendour of the Qing
Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1992, cat.
no. 131; and another with approximately 740 characters
from the Szekeres Collection, included in Chinese Art: The
Szekeres Collection, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2019, cat.
no. 13.

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