Lot 120 曲水流觴 | A Chinese blue and white 'Qu Shui Liu Shang 曲水流觴' bowl

曲水流觴 | A Chinese blue and white 'Qu Shui Liu Shang 曲水流觴' bowl

Jiajing

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€ 2.500 – € 5.000

OH: H. 6,5 cm, Diam. 12 cm

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Qu Shui Liu Shang 曲水流觴 (Floating Wine Cups Along a Winding Stream) is a traditional Chinese scholarly gathering in which wine cups were set afloat on a winding stream. Participants seated along the banks would drink and compose poetry when a cup stopped before them. Originating in ancient China and famously associated with the 4th-century Orchid Pavilion gathering, it became a symbol of literary elegance, friendship, and refined leisure.
「曲水流觴」是中國古代文人雅集的一種形式。酒杯隨蜿蜒曲折的溪流漂行，文士分坐水畔，酒杯停在誰的面前，便由誰飲酒賦詩。此俗源遠流長，尤以四世紀王羲之等人在蘭亭舉行的修禊雅集最為著名，後世遂以「曲水流觴」象徵文人風雅、知己交遊與宴飲賦詩之樂。
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1993 and accompanied by a copy of their certificate of authenticity. (see added scan)