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110 There are various stories surrounding this common theme of a high
A blue and white slender cylindrical vase mandarin and a cowherd. J.B.Curtis in her article Decorative Schemes
Circa 1640 for the New Markets: The Origins and Use of Narrative Themes on
Vibrantly painted with a continuous scene of a cowherd kneeling 17th Century Chinese Porcelain in The International Ceramics Forum
before a high official, accompanied by attendants, one holding a and Seminars Catalogue, London, 1997, describes the scene as the
canopy, one a tied bundle, and two with halberds, in a river landscape ancient sage Emperor Yao relinquishing his throne to minister Xu You
with pine, willow, rockwork and swirling clouds, the slender flaring who had become a recluse, herding oxen. A vase from the Butler
neck with tulip flowers and leaves between pearls and lozenge. Family Collection, with the same subject is illustrated by J.B.Curtis
44cm (17 3/8in) high in Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century, Landscapes,
Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives, New York, 1995, no.60, pp.142-3.
£15,000 - 25,000
HK$190,000 - 310,000 CNY150,000 - 250,000 Lu Minghua however, argues that the scene depicts a story from the
History of the Han of Prime Minister Bing Ji enquiring about a buffalo
約1640年 青花人物故事圖筒瓶 which he noticed was breathing heavily in Spring, as if it was in the
heat of Summer. Bing Ji believed it was the duty of Prime Ministers
Provenance 來源: Worms family collection, Paris to balance the yin and yang of nature. See Seventeenth Century
S.Marchant and Son Ltd., London Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler
Roy Davids Collection, no.99, acquired on 20 January 2010 Collections, Shanghai, 2005, pp.110-1.

Exhibited 展出: S.Marchant and Son Ltd., Ming Porcelain, London,
2009, p.116-177. no.52

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