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327 A BLUE AND WHITE 清康熙 青花魚藻紋小缸
‘FISH’ JARDINIERE

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
the steeply rounded sides rising to an everted, The depiction of these four plump fish forms 來源
lipped rim, the exterior well painted in shaded a well-known rebus, qingbai lianjie, which Stockspring Antiques，倫敦，1999年
tones of underglaze blue with four large fan- translates as ‘pure and incorruptible’ signifying
tailed fish, a carp, mandarin fish and two kinds a wish for scholarly success. A blue and white 出版
of bream, swimming in varying poses amongst fishbowl with the same subject matter in the Jeffrey P. Stamen、Cynthia Volk 及倪亦斌，
an array of aquatic plants, set between double Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated in Gugong 《文采卓然：潔蕊堂藏康熙盛世瓷》，布呂
lines, coll. no 239. Bowuyuan Cang Qingdai Ciqi Leixuan Qing 赫，2017年，圖版83
Height 9½ in., 24.1 cm Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghuaci, [Selected
Chinese Ceramics from the Palace Museum:
PROVENANCE Blue and White Ceramics in Shunzhi and
Stockspring Antiques, London, 1999. Kangxi Periods], vol. I, Beijing 2004, pl. 251.

LITERATURE
Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A
Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain
from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017,
cat. no. 83.
$ 12,000-15,000

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