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                                                                       17.  Chinese porcelain famille verte bottle vase with compressed
                                                                           rounded body, cylindrical ribbed neck and gently flared
                                                                   高 圖 升 日 五 彩 指 瓶  rim, painted in a continuous scene with two dignitaries
                                                                           and their attendants walking towards a village and the sun
                                                                           being pointed out in the distance amongst the mountains
                                                                           and cloud scrolls, amongst fencing pierced rockwork and
                                                                           plantain, the neck with ribbon tied precious objects, all on
                                                                           a flared foot, the base glazed with two rings in underglaze
                                                                           blue.
                                                                           9 √ inches, 25.1 cm high.
                                                                   康 熙 清     Kangxi, circa 1700.


                                                                           •   Formerly in the Morpurgo Family Collection.
                                                                           •   A blue and white Kangxi vase also with a figure
                                                                   無 字 款 雙 圈   pointing at the sun amongst similar clouds in the
                                                                               Gu Gong Museum Collection is illustrated by Chen
                                                                               Run Min in Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period and Kangxi
                                                                               Period Underglaze Blue, no. 282, pp. 434-435, where

                                                                               the author notes that the scene depicted symbolises
                                                                               an imminent promotion for an official.




                                                                   藏  Morpurgo  家 舊 族














































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