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313 A SUPERB BLUE AND 清康熙 青花冰梅地開光踏雪尋梅圖蓋罐
WHITE ‘WINTER’
OVOID JAR AND
COVER

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
the deep rounded sides deftly painted in The present jar and cover represents the 來源
varying tones and washes of underglaze blue very best of the famous ‘cracked ice’ pattern. 心雅堂，倫敦，2000年
with two roundels each enclosing a winter The painting of the figural scenes reveals a
scene, the first depicting Meng Haoran riding sensitivity akin to ink on silk and the depth 出版
a donkey followed by an attendant carrying of the layering to created the ‘cracked ice’ Jeffrey P. Stamen、Cynthia Volk 及倪亦斌，
a prunus branch, the second portraying Han effect is remarkable. The decoration of the 《文采卓然：潔蕊堂藏康熙盛世瓷》，布呂
Yu crouched amid rockwork looking upward entire form serves as a harbinger of spring 赫，2017年，圖版5
at the Daoist immortal Han Xiangzi holding with its new beginnings full of good promise.
a beribboned flute, all against a rich ground Meng Haoren (c. 690-740), one of the most
of prunus blossoms amid ‘cracked ice’, the renowned Tang dynasty poets, inspired a
cylindrical cover similarly decorated (2), coll. play, written by Ma Zhiyan during the Yuan
no. 142 dynasty, entitled Meng Haoren Looking for
Plum Blossoms on a Snowy Day in which the
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm
poet is upheld as a model of integrity and
PROVENANCE dogged determination in seeking out the finest
example of the late winter blooming prunus
Berwald Oriental Art, London, 2000.
flower. The other scene involves another major
LITERATURE literary figure of the Tang dynasty Han Yu
Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A (768-824). A famous story of the poet relates
Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain his plight after being exiled by the Taizong
from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, emperor, wherein he finds himself trapped
cat. no. 5. in a severe snowstorm at the Lantian Pass
in Shaanxi and is saved by the immortal Han
Xiangzi, who guides him to safety.
$ 20,000-30,000

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