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A fine famille verte rouleau vase
Kangxi
The body boldly enamelled in green, iron-red,
aubergine and yellow with twenty-four figures in a
pavilion overlooking a garden landscape, all beneath
four cartouches on the sloping shoulder containing
emblems, the neck enamelled with a continuous
mountain and river scene.
43.5cm (17in) high

£30,000 - 50,000
HK$380,000 - 630,000 CNY300,000 - 500,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖棒槌瓶

Provenance 來源: Victor Sullivan Collection
Woolley and Wallis, 15 July 2005, lot 347
Roger Keverne Ltd., London
Roy Davids Collection, no.38, acquired on
20 June 2009

The scene depicts a celebration of the birthday of
General Guo Ziyi (697-781) of the Tang dynasty. Guo
Ziyi was famous for quelling the An Lushan rebellion
as well as repelling Tibetan invasions. He lived to
the age of 85 and became known in popular folklore
as a God of Wealth and Prosperity. For a Kangxi
period vase also with a scene of the celebration of a
birthday in the Palace Museum, see The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue
and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III),
Hong Kong, 2000, p.18, no.14.

For a related rouleau vase see Kangxi Porcelain
Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong
Kong, 1998, pp.192-3, no.125.

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