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A blue and white baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Estimate
35 000 - 45 000 SEK
3 110 - 3 990 EUR
3 270 - 4 210 USD
Hammer price
34 000 SEK
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
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A blue and white baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

The baluster body is surmounted by a trumpet neck and is painted with a garden scene enclosing elegant ladies in a pavilion, some on a balcony looking down on a seated dignitary accompanied by three attendants, all amidst pine and wutong trees beneath scrolling clouds and bamboo sprays. Height 46,5 cm.

Restored

Provenance

D & M Freedman Limited, London.

Roy Davids Collection, No 72, acquired 3 November 2005.

The Avalon Collection Part II.

This collection, which in the main focuses on the Interregnum and Kangxi periods has been both carefully and sensitively formed over the last twenty-five years. The collector, a member of the English Oriental Ceramic Society, has assembled the collection with an eye for provenance whilst purchasing from old European collections, well-established antique dealers and at auction.

Academically, the pieces have been well researched both in terms of their symbolism and narrative themes. In many instances the imagery on the pieces has been referenced to episodes in the romantic and historic novels of Chinese mythology, which were used extensively in the decoration of seventeenth century Chinese porcelain.

Exhibitions

The same scene can be seen on a vase in “ Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties”, Page 150 – 151, No 161.

Literature

The scene depicts the poet Pan Yue (247 – 300 AD) whose name in Chinese became a byword for handsome men. The “Book of Jin” states than Pan was so handsome that women surrounded him whenever he went out for an excursion, throwing gifts of fans, scarfs and fruits. Here the women crane from balconies and doorways to catch a glimpse of the handsome poet, who is inaccessible to them.