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A gIlT-decORATed POWdeR-
blue bAlusTeR VAse, KANgXI

China, 1662-1722. Of hexagonal baluster
form and finely painted in gold around
the body with a palace amid manifold
calligraphies, the waisted neck with
prunus, bamboo and orchids, all between
various forms of bands, flanked by pairs
of stylized dragon handles.
Provenance: From the collection of
Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by
descent in the same family. Old collector
inventory numbers and inscriptions
painted in black ink to base. Weifert was
a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the
first governor of the Federal Bank of the
Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

Georg Weifert (1850-1937)
condition: Good condition. Minor firing
flaws to one handle and foot rim. Some
wear to gilding. Single drilling to base.

Weight: 6.7 kg
Dimensions: Height 53.2 cm
Literature comparison: Compare with a
related pair of hexagonal powder blue-
glazed vases, 18th century, but with later
European ormolu gilt-bronze mounts,
illustrated by John Ayers, Chinese and
Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of
Her Majesty the Queen, vol. II, London, 2016,
p.561, nos.1358-1359.

AucTION ResulT cOMPARIsON
Compare with a closely related pair
of vases at Bonham’s London in Fine
Chinese Art, 7 November 2019, lot 74,
bought-in at GBP £10,000.

霽藍釉描金雙耳瓶，康熙
中國，1662-1722。六角形瓶，霽藍釉底，描金花
卉紋亭臺樓閣以及詩詞，龍形雙耳。
來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同
一家族保存至今 。底部可見黑色老藏家收藏標
簽。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾
維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相：品相良好，執耳與足部邊沿有輕微燒製瑕
疵。描金処有一些磨損，底部有一個鑽孔。
重量：6.7 公斤
尺寸：高 53.2 厘米
拍賣歷史：一對相似的描金雙耳瓶2019年11月7日
于倫敦邦翰思以GBP £10,000成交。
estimate euR 800,-
Starting price EUr 400,-

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