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A FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
The stoutly potted body with tapered rectangular
sides supporting a waisted cylindrical neck and
everted rim, each side painted in bright enamels
with mythical and legendary figures including
Immortals and elegant ladies, the neck with scholars
with a mountainous landscape.
47.5cm (18 2/3in) high.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000
清康熙 五彩人物故事圖方瓶

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

The pictorial panels draw upon conventions in
painting and print culture. One side depicts the
Emperor Tang Minghuang 唐明皇(685-762) asleep,
dreaming of his beloved concubine Yang Guifei 楊
貴妃 (719-756), the ‘femme fatale’ he was forced
to execute for her inadvertent role in causing the
disastrous An Lushan rebellion. One side depicts
the traveller and explorer Zhang Qian on a log raft.
The other sides depict various Immortals and the
Goddess of the Moon Chang’e, identifiable by the
rabbit beside her.

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