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362 A FINE BLUE WHITE 清康熙 青花白兔記人物故事圖蓋盌
‘STORY OF THE
WHITE HARE’ BOWL
AND COVER

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period PROVENANCE 來源
the steep rounded sides rising to a short Collection of Eileen Lesoeuf. Eileen Lesoeuf 收藏
upright rim and supported on a slightly Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 1999. Ben Janssens Oriental Art，倫敦，1999年
tapered foot, the exterior vibrantly painted in EXHIBITED
rich and varied tones of underglaze blue with 展覽
a lively, continuous narrative scene depicting Seventeenth Century Chinese Blue and White 《Seventeenth Century Chinese Blue and
the moment the young soldier, Yaoqi Lang, Porcelain from the Private Collection of Eileen White Porcelain from the Private Collection
galloping on horseback, accompanied by fellow Lesouef, Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, of Eileen Lesouef》，Ben Janssens Oriental
warriors, hunting a white rabbit and fatefully 1999, cat. no. 54. Art，倫敦，1999年，編號54
encountering a demurely posed Li Sanniang LITERATURE
fetching water from a well, all amid a rustic 出版
setting, the slightly domed cover with four Jeffrey P. Stamen, Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A Jeffrey P. Stamen、Cynthia Volk 及倪亦斌，
scenes illustrating a young scholar attending Culture Revealed, Kangxi-Era Chinese Porcelain 《文采卓然：潔蕊堂藏康熙盛世瓷》，布呂
to the teachings of masters engaged in from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, 赫，2017年，圖版9
conversation, painting, calligraphy and playing cat. no. 9.
the qin, all surmounted by a stepped spherical See catalogue note at sothebys.com
knop (2), coll. no. 105

Height 7½ in., 19.1 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

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