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Provenance 來源: Galleria Accorsi, Turin The present lot is notable for its free and A similar vase and cover, dated c.1720,
Alfredo Guazzone, Genova exuberant use of the available space, is illustrated in Eastern Ceramics and
Eskenazi Ltd., London (label) unrestrained by the relative proportions Other Works of Art from the Collection of
Roy Davids Collection, no.122, acquired on of real flowers and birds; the effect is to Gerald Reitlinger, Ashmolean Museum,
22 February 2012 create an impression of a fantastical scene, Oxford, 1981, no.117. Another example
full of energy and life. The lotus is strongly in the Groninger Museum is published by
associated with purity and numbers among C.J.A.Jörg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain
the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism. in Green Enamels, Lier, Belgium, 2011, no.65,
Since the lotus is the attribute of He Xiangu, where the author notes that the Groninger
one of the Eight Immortals, it can also be piece was probably once part of a set of five
interpreted as a Daoist symbol of longevity. with the Ashmolean piece, and it seems likely
that the present lot too can be included in
such a set.
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