9th Mar, 2023 13:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 94
 

94

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘SAGE AND ATTENDANT’ BEAKER VASE, GU, KANGXI PERIOD
康熙青花山水人物紋花觚

Sold for €13,000

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 1662-1722. Of cylindrical form with a flaring mouth and foot, the bulging middle section vibrantly painted with detached floral sprigs, leaves, and a beetle, below a river landscape scene with a sage and his attendant walking toward a bridge below towering trees and swirling clouds, and above a similar landscape scene with the same sage and attendant continuing their journey as well as a fisherman in a boat and a scholar seated on a rocky outcrop.

Provenance: From a private collection in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, acquired in London during the 1990s.
Condition:
Good condition with some old wear and expected firing irregularities, a small chip to the rim, minor fritting to the rim and lower bowstring, drilled to base with associated glaze nibbles, the foot with a tiny chip. Small smoothened areas, possibly inherent to the manufacture. The vase slightly leaning. Overall presenting spectacularly well.

Weight: 2,979 g
Dimensions: Height 43 cm

The base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue six-character mark da Ming Chenghua nianzhi.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 11 June 2021, lot 3253
Price: HKD 250,000 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large blue and white ‘figural’ gu-form beaker vase, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, subject, decoration, and manner of painting. Note the related size (44.5 cm) and empty double circle to base.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 138
Price: USD 37,500 or approx. EUR 45,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white beaker vase (gu), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, manner of painting, and apocryphal Chenghua reign mark. Note the related size (44.7 cm).



康熙青花山水人物紋花觚
中國,1662-1722年。撇口,口沿下收,鼓腹,圈足。腹部描繪花枝、葉子和小昆蟲。上下描繪聖人和他的侍從在山水景觀中,並可見一個漁夫在船上,一個學者坐在岩石露頭上。

來源:英國牛津郡私人收藏。,上世紀九十年代購於倫敦。
品相:狀況良好,有一些磨損,邊緣有一個小缺口,邊緣和弦紋下有輕微的磨損,底部的鑽孔有釉料磨損,足部有一個小缺口。花瓶微微傾斜。

重量:2,979 克
尺寸:高 43 厘米

圈足内有青花仿“大明成化年製”六字款。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2021年6月11日,lot 3253
價格:HKD 250,000(相當於今日EUR 30,500
描述:清康熙青花山水高士圖花觚
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、主題、裝飾和繪畫風格。請注意相近的尺寸(44.5 厘米) 和圈足沒有款式。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約蘇富比,2013年3月19日,lot 138
價格:USD 37,500(相當於今日EUR 45,000
描述:清康熙青花高土賞游圖觚
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾和繪畫風格,以及成化款。請注意相近的尺寸(44.7 厘米)。

 

China, 1662-1722. Of cylindrical form with a flaring mouth and foot, the bulging middle section vibrantly painted with detached floral sprigs, leaves, and a beetle, below a river landscape scene with a sage and his attendant walking toward a bridge below towering trees and swirling clouds, and above a similar landscape scene with the same sage and attendant continuing their journey as well as a fisherman in a boat and a scholar seated on a rocky outcrop.

Provenance: From a private collection in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, acquired in London during the 1990s.
Condition:
Good condition with some old wear and expected firing irregularities, a small chip to the rim, minor fritting to the rim and lower bowstring, drilled to base with associated glaze nibbles, the foot with a tiny chip. Small smoothened areas, possibly inherent to the manufacture. The vase slightly leaning. Overall presenting spectacularly well.

Weight: 2,979 g
Dimensions: Height 43 cm

The base with an apocryphal underglaze-blue six-character mark da Ming Chenghua nianzhi.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 11 June 2021, lot 3253
Price: HKD 250,000 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large blue and white ‘figural’ gu-form beaker vase, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, subject, decoration, and manner of painting. Note the related size (44.5 cm) and empty double circle to base.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 138
Price: USD 37,500 or approx. EUR 45,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white beaker vase (gu), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, manner of painting, and apocryphal Chenghua reign mark. Note the related size (44.7 cm).



康熙青花山水人物紋花觚
中國,1662-1722年。撇口,口沿下收,鼓腹,圈足。腹部描繪花枝、葉子和小昆蟲。上下描繪聖人和他的侍從在山水景觀中,並可見一個漁夫在船上,一個學者坐在岩石露頭上。

來源:英國牛津郡私人收藏。,上世紀九十年代購於倫敦。
品相:狀況良好,有一些磨損,邊緣有一個小缺口,邊緣和弦紋下有輕微的磨損,底部的鑽孔有釉料磨損,足部有一個小缺口。花瓶微微傾斜。

重量:2,979 克
尺寸:高 43 厘米

圈足内有青花仿“大明成化年製”六字款。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:香港佳士得,2021年6月11日,lot 3253
價格:HKD 250,000(相當於今日EUR 30,500
描述:清康熙青花山水高士圖花觚
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、主題、裝飾和繪畫風格。請注意相近的尺寸(44.5 厘米) 和圈足沒有款式。

拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約蘇富比,2013年3月19日,lot 138
價格:USD 37,500(相當於今日EUR 45,000
描述:清康熙青花高土賞游圖觚
專家評論:比較非常相近的外形、裝飾和繪畫風格,以及成化款。請注意相近的尺寸(44.7 厘米)。

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