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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LONGEVITY’
SLEEVE VASE
TRANSITIONAL C.1640
The tall cylindrical body painted with Shoulao sitting
with a deer and his attendants behind him, the God
of Longevity watches a dance performance in a rocky
mountain setting, an incense burner before him emits
smoke which rises in the shape of a shou character, the
scene contained within finely incised foliate scrolls, with a
band of pendant leaves encircling the mouth rim, 45cm.
£6,000-8,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from
Christie’s London on 8th November 2005, lot 15.
Cf. R S Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners,
p.35, fig.19 for a related vase in the Ashmolean Museum
dated to 1641.
明末清初 青花壽老故事紋棒槌瓶
來源：英國私人收藏，倫敦佳士得2005年11月8
日·編號15。
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