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Lot 810
A Chinese Reticulated Tianqiuping Globular Double Walled Vase - The Vase Is In The Traditional Celestial sphere form (Tianqiuping) A Narrow Neck Widening Into A Bulbous Body. The Whole Vase Is Glazed In Deep Sage Green, Yellow Ochre, Deep Brown-Aubergine And Blue Sancai (three colour) Style Glazes. The Body Decorated With Swirling Stylized Cloud Motifs Interspaced With Images Of Blue And White Winged Bats And Embellished With Unusual Reticulation. The Underside Of The Vase Displays Six Character Marks Of Kangxi (Qing Dynasty). Height 32.5cm/12.7 Inches. Wonderful Condition And Colours.
Lot 477
A GOOD PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY CHINESE KANGXI STYLE TURQUOISE PORCELAIN FIGURAL LAMPS, each lamp consisting of two turquoise ground porcelain figures of immortals, mounted upon gilded and carved metal bases with light fittings attached, previously PAT tested but expired, the figures approx 23cm high each, overall 59cm high.
Lot 346
Full title: A Chinese famille verte 'Hong Men Yan' vase, Kangxi------- Description: H.: 46 cmÊ The narrative scene on the present lot is likely 'The Feast At Swan Goose Gate', a famous episode of the interregnum following the Qin Dynasty where Xiang Yu (232-202BC), a duke of the insurgent Chu forces attempts to assassinate Liu Bang (256-195BC), a rival rebel general.Ê After defeating the last of the Qin forces in 207BC, the two generals agree to meet at a banquet to discuss future military plans. Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu's advisor and pictured at the top table in a red robe, sees Liu Bang as a future threat and recommends assassinating him at the feast. Throughout the banquet Fan Zeng makes signals to Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang but Xiang ignores him and enjoys the company of the gathered guests instead. Reputedly over eight chi tall, Xiang Yu was famous for his incredible strength - he is pictured at the front of the scene lifting an ancient bronze vessel with one arm. Undeterred, Fan Zeng summons Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang instructing him to pretend to perform a sword dance to entertain the guests but kill Liu Bang. Xiang Zhuang, pictured with his sword sheathed at the top of the scene, starts dancing but Xiang Bo, a Chu general secretly under the influence of the rival rebel army, offers to join the performance and thwarts the plan.Ê Whilst this is happening Zhang Liang, Liu Bang's chief strategist, organises another general, Fan Kuai, to burst into the party, ingratiate himself and make a speech that implies Liu Bang will not challenge Xiang Yu's forces. Excusing themselves to the lavatory he then guides Liu Bang out of the perilous situation and away on a horse. Later, Zhang Liang presents Xiang Yu with some jade cups, apologizing on behalf of Liu Bang for his early departure. Enraged that the plan has failed Fan Zeng smashes them on the floor and warns the gathered company that Liu Bang will one day defeat Xiang Yu. True to the prediction Liu Bang crushes Xiang Yu's forces in 202BC at the Battle of Gaxia and becomes the first emperor of the Han Dynasty.Ê In Chinese culture, the term 'Feast at Swan Goose Gate' (___) hong men yan is used figuratively to refer to a trap or a situation ostensibly joyous but in fact treacherous.
Lot 334
Full title: A rare Chinese blue and underglaze red bowl with carps and marine animals, Xuande mark, Kangxi------- Description: Dia.: 19 cm - H.: 9 cmÊ Provenance: A French collection.Ê Ref.:- A dish of this rare design in The Victoria and Albert Museum, W. G. Gulland bequest, C.355-1931, is illustrated by Rose Kerr in Chinese Ceramics, Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, no. 55, p. 79, where the author notes, “It is painted with the leaping carp, a pattern with wide appeal owing to the association of the Chinese homophones for ‘abundance' and ‘fish'. The reproductive powers of the fish may also explain its popularity as a peasant motif, while the jumping element is indicative of academic success. This is due to the story about the fish which swam up the Yellow river every year, and which on their way must leap up the dragon gate falls. Those that succeed in passing above the rapids are transformed into dragons.” Another dish of this design was included by Marchant in their exhibition of Seventeenth-Century Blue and White and Copper-Red and their Predecessors, 1997, no. 47, p. 49.Ê - A bowl of this form bearing a Kangxi mark is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum, Beijing, Volume 36, no. 68, p. 78, and is also illustrated by Chen Run Min in Qing Dynasty Shunzhi and Kangxi Period, Underglaze Blue Porcelain in The Gugong Museum Collection, Beijing, 2005, no. 125, p. 204.Ê - Sotheby's, Paris, June 12, 2013, lot 68, for a nearly identical bowl with a Kangxi mark. Ê - Marchant, 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing', 2014, for another Kangxi-marked example.Ê Condition: (UV-checked)- In excellent condition.- A small unglazed section in the center of the bowl, probably baking-related.- A negligible superficial chip to the unglazed foot.
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