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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE A CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND RED ‘FISH’ JARDINIERE
TRANSITIONAL C.1640 KANGXI 1662-1722
The exterior painted with a continuous scene depicting a king and his The ovoid body tapering towards the foot and with a flat everted rim, painted
attendants greeting a wise old man in a rocky landscape, all below a finely with a mackerel, whitefish, carp and freshwater perch swimming amidst
incised foliate band, the short neck decorated with pendant leaves, 26cm. flowers and aquatic plants, with areas of detail in copper-red, 23.5cm dia.
£5,000-8,000 £1,000-2,000
Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, purchased from Provenance: from a deceased estate, Dorset.
Christie’s London on 9th July 1985, lot 10. The Chinese names of these four fish form the rebus qingbai lianjie, which may
be translated as ‘pure and incorruptible’. This expresses the wish for scholars to
明末清初 青花求賢圖將軍罐 maintain high ethical standards and meet great success.
來源：英國西薩塞克郡私人收藏，倫敦佳士得1985年7月9日·編號 Cf. R Chen, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci (Qing Dynasty Shunzhi and
10。 Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain), p.391, no.251 for a blue and white jardinière
with a similar design in the collection of the Palace Museum.
清康熙 青花釉裡紅青白廉潔紋花盆
來源：多塞特郡遺產。

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