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A VERY LARGE UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BOTTLE included in the exhibition The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette. Qing
VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Elegantly potted in one piece, with a smooth transparent glaze, the Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, catalogue number 9.
unglazed base with concentric rings in slight relief, the inner of the neck
unglazed as well Auction result comparison: IMPORTANT CHINESE ART. Sotheby’s, 09
China, Kangxi period (1662 – 1722) NOVEMBER 2016, LONDON, lot 144. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of
Art. Christies, London, 11 May 2010, lot 245. (both for related vases)
The pear-shaped body rising from a round convex base to a tall cylindric
neck with a small opening, masterfully painted with three running ⹟䅁⸜攻慱墉䲭㍷慹䤆䌠攟柠䒞
mythical beasts, a bixie, a buddhist lion and a deer, implying power, 䒞幓檀屜℠晭炻慱㕁⃱㹹德㖶炻⸽悐⍲柠ℏ⛯䃉ᶲ慱ˤ
avoidance of evil spirits and nobility, in soft copper-red silhouettes, their ᷕ⚳炻⹟䅁⸜攻 (1662-1722⸜)
eyes dramatically picked out in underglaze blue. 㡐⼊攟柠䒞幓ᶲ⼑丒Ḯᶱ⎒䤆䌠炻尼尭ˣ晬渧ẍ⍲曺䋭炻䛤䜃塓慱ᶳ啵⼑䈡
⇍溆䵜炻尉⽝屜㕷䘬㪲≃⍲䣰㯪怈暊ら曰䘬䳃㒦ˤ
The use of copper-red at Jingdezhen was revived under the Kangxi ⋩Ḽᶾ䲨⼴炻戭䲭䲳梦ⶍ㱽ᶨ⹎㰺句炻䚜⇘⹟䅁⸜攻ℵ㫉⽑冰ˤ⹟䅁ⷅⶴ㛃
Emperor after the decline in its usage after the 15th century in his 慵䎦䴻℠㖶ẋ䒟☐桐炻㘗⽟捖⚈侴慵㕘攳⥳䅺墥䲭慱䒟☐ˤ㬌ⶍ喅天㯪墥
quest to reproduce classic Ming porcelain designs. The high level of 昞ⶍ⋈䱦㸾㌴㍏慱㕁冯䀓῁炻䅺墥䱦伶ㆸ⑩炻℞檀崭㈨喅⛐㬌橼䎦⼿㵳㺻
technical knowledge of the potters is evident in their ability to control 䚉农ˤ
the temperamental copper-red pigment to produce finely painted and ⼊䉨烉攟柠䒞
fired wares. The present vase is an outstanding example for this ability as 慵慷烉2478⃳
the simple yet skillfully applied brush strokes, in which the three mythical ⯢⮠烉檀48.5⍀䰛
animals have been executed, are still clearly visible.
⑩䚠⬴伶
Shape: Bottle vase ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
Weight: 2478 grams 㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᶨ㚱庫⮷䚠Ụ䒞炻㓞啷㕤ᶲ㴟⌂䈑棐炻庱㕤˪ᶲ㴟⌂䈑棐啷⹟䅁
Dimensions: Height 48,5 cm 䒟⚾抬˫炻楁㷗炻 1998⸜炻⚾䇰79烊⎎ᶨἳ㚦㕤1984⸜⛐楁㷗喅埻棐⯽奥ˬ
Condition: Perfect condition 㶭䒟唰拎烉楁㷗喅埻棐㶭ẋ昞䒟˭ᶲ⯽↢炻䶐嘇9
Provenance: Austrian private collection 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉喯⭴㭼˪慵天ᷕ⚳䍵⑩˫炻2016⸜11㚰9㖍炻ΐ㔎炻䈑⑩䶐嘇144ˤ
Ἓ⢓⼿˪ᷕ⚳䒟☐⍲ⶍ喅䱦⑩˫炻ΐ㔎炻2010⸜5㚰11㖍炻䶐嘇245ˤ
Literature comparison: See also smaller vases of this type, such as one in
the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares EstimateġEUR 2.000,-
from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 79; another Starting price EUR 1.000,-

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