Lot 530 清康熙 青花文王訪賢圖瓶 | A BLUE AND WHITE 'KING WEN AND JIANG TAIGONG' VASE
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| 拍卖公司 | 邦瀚斯 |
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年05月18日 |
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拍品信息
拍品名称
清康熙 青花文王訪賢圖瓶 | A BLUE AND WHITE 'KING WEN AND JIANG TAIGONG' VASE
起拍价
GBP 4,000
估值区间
GBP 4000 - 6000
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Kangxi
Exquisitely painted around the exterior in vivid tones of cobalt blue, depicting King Wen accompanied by guards and attendants holding banners and standards arriving at a lakeside terrace framed by rocks and trees, presenting offerings to the bearded sage Jiang Ziya who casts a fishing line into the still river, all beneath a band of key scroll.
43cm (16 7/8in) high.
Footnotes
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
清康熙 青花文王訪賢圖瓶
Provenance: Vandekar family collection, thence by descent
The vase depicts a story set in the 12th/11th century BC, in which King Wen of Zhou sought the advice of the hermit scholar Jiang Ziya, later known as Taigongwang.
According to traditional Chinese historiography, the last king of the Shang dynasty was corrupt and cruel. Jiang Ziya had once served him, but was disillusioned and retired to spend the rest of his days fishing, waiting to serve a new and moral king. It is said that he used no hook at all, believing that the fish would come to him on their own, echoing King Wen.
King Wen of Zhou wished to overthrow the Shang, and so sought talented scholars versed in the arts of war and administration. When King Wen met Jiang Ziya, he discovered that this white-haired fisherman was actually an astute political thinker and military strategist. He thus appointed Jiang Ziya to be his prime minister and gave him the title of 'Taigongwang' (Hope of the Duke of Zhou). With Jiang Taigong's help, the Shang was overthrown and the Zhou dynasty was firmly established.
Such legends from history, of scholars waiting to serve new more morally upright regimes, would have resonated with the literati class during the turbulent period of the late Ming to early Qing dynasties.
See also a sleeve vase decorated with a similar scene in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv.no.AK-NM-6669.
A closely related vase, Kangxi, was sold by Bonhams London, 16th May 2019, lot 98.
Exquisitely painted around the exterior in vivid tones of cobalt blue, depicting King Wen accompanied by guards and attendants holding banners and standards arriving at a lakeside terrace framed by rocks and trees, presenting offerings to the bearded sage Jiang Ziya who casts a fishing line into the still river, all beneath a band of key scroll.
43cm (16 7/8in) high.
Footnotes
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
清康熙 青花文王訪賢圖瓶
Provenance: Vandekar family collection, thence by descent
The vase depicts a story set in the 12th/11th century BC, in which King Wen of Zhou sought the advice of the hermit scholar Jiang Ziya, later known as Taigongwang.
According to traditional Chinese historiography, the last king of the Shang dynasty was corrupt and cruel. Jiang Ziya had once served him, but was disillusioned and retired to spend the rest of his days fishing, waiting to serve a new and moral king. It is said that he used no hook at all, believing that the fish would come to him on their own, echoing King Wen.
King Wen of Zhou wished to overthrow the Shang, and so sought talented scholars versed in the arts of war and administration. When King Wen met Jiang Ziya, he discovered that this white-haired fisherman was actually an astute political thinker and military strategist. He thus appointed Jiang Ziya to be his prime minister and gave him the title of 'Taigongwang' (Hope of the Duke of Zhou). With Jiang Taigong's help, the Shang was overthrown and the Zhou dynasty was firmly established.
Such legends from history, of scholars waiting to serve new more morally upright regimes, would have resonated with the literati class during the turbulent period of the late Ming to early Qing dynasties.
See also a sleeve vase decorated with a similar scene in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv.no.AK-NM-6669.
A closely related vase, Kangxi, was sold by Bonhams London, 16th May 2019, lot 98.
