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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED YENYEN VASE
‘FISH’ VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a tall
the elegantly potted swelling body supported on a tall spreading broad trumpet neck with flaring rim, painted in bold cobalt
foot and rising to a wide waisted neck and flared rim, painted tones with a mountainous riverside landscape with cabins
with three large mandarin fish, the details of the spotted skin, and pavilions surrounded by old trees and soaring birds, a
face, tail and fins in varying shades of cobalt blue and copper scholar on horseback traveling by the river followed by an
red, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue attendant and a third figure crossing the bridge, additional
Height 9 in., 22.8 cm scholars resting near pavilions tucked into the landscape,
the shoulder with a band of bamboo between geometric
PROVENANCE lappet bands, the landscape motif repeated at the neck, the
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in
underglaze blue within a double circle
Height 28¾ in., 73 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
$ 20,000-30,000
清康熙 青花釉裏紅鱖魚圖琵琶尊
來源 清康熙 青花山水人物圖大鳳尾尊
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約 《大明成化年製》仿款

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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION
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AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE COPPER-RED AND
CELADON-GLAZED QUADRANGULAR VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the tall, rectangular sides broadening toward the flat, square
shoulder and surmounted by a trumpet neck, each side
painted with a mountainous landscape within a double-line
border, the sloping banks and distant peaks carved in low
relief and glazed in pale celadon tones contrasting with the
deep umber hues of the underglaze-red tree trunks and
foliage and the inky cobalt passages of underglaze blue
variously describing the rivers, mountains, ground, leaves,
and pavilions, literati-style signatures reading Yunqiao or
Qiaoyin and seals inscribed at the top of each panel, one
panel with a poetic verse taken from a Tang dynasty poem
by Wang Ji reading Shushu jieqiuse shanshan weiluohui
(every tree is covered by the color of autumn, every
mountain is glorified by the color of sunset), floral sprays in
underglaze blue at the corners of the shoulder, underglaze-
blue and copper-red rockwork and flowers at the neck, the
recessed base with an apocryphal four-character Chenghua
mark in underglaze blue, wood stand (2)
Height 21⅜ in., 54.3 cm
Quadrangular porcelain vases with angled sides and trumpet
necks were among the novel forms developed by potters of the
Kangxi period (r. 1662-1722). Whereas vases of this form were
typically painted in famille-verte enamels, the present example
is distinguished by the use of underglaze blue, copper red, and
celadon glaze, a palette that was normally reserved for round
vases, brushpots, and jardinières. In addition to the shape and
coloration, the use of literati-style inscriptions to mark the
painted sides as if they were hanging scrolls is another trope
characteristic of Kangxi era ceramicists.

$ 15,000-20,000

清康熙 釉裏三彩秋山落暉圖方瓶
《成化年製》仿款
271 詩文：
樹樹皆秋色 山山惟落暉

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