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AN IRON-RED ENAMELLED AND GILT BOTTLE-VASE The present lot is interesting for its mixture of styles. The shape of the
Kangxi vase with the bulge in the neck is based ultimately on Persian metal
Of elegant pear shape supported on a short spreading foot, boldly and ceramic models and appears frequently from the beginning of the
decorated around the body in iron-red with spiralling lines, the transitional period between the end of the Ming dynasty and beginning
bulbous neck with a band of gilt chrysanthemums. of the Qing dynasty from about 1635. Various versions of pear-
29.7cm (11 3/4in) high. shaped vases are among the most popular form of export porcelain
of the Kangxi period. The spiral-shaped decoration could possibly
£8,000 - 12,000 have been derived from 17th century Venetian latticino glass in which
CNY71,000 - 110,000 white enamel threads were made to swirl by turning the glass. The
chrysanthemums are also reminiscent of the Japanese kiku emblem.
清康熙 礬紅彩盤繞紋瓶 For a similar pair of iron-red and gilt bottle vases, Kangxi, see
E.Strober, La maladie de porcelaine: East Asian Porcelain from
Provenance: Vanderven Oriental Art, ‘s-Herogenbosch the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Leipzig, 2001, pp.84-85,
John J. Studzinski CBE, London no.35. See another very similar vase, Kangxi, in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by C.Le Corbeiller
來源：荷蘭斯海爾托亨博斯古董商，Vanderven Oriental Art and A.C.Frelinghuysen, Chinese Export Porcelain, New York, 2003,
大英帝國司令勳章受勳者John J. Studzinski珍藏 p.11. See also a very similar bottle vase, Kangxi, illustrated by
R.W.Fuchs II and D.S.Howard, Made in China: Export Porcelain from
the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, Winterthur, 2005, no.106.

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