Lot 85 A fine Chinese blue and white ‘Scholars’ double-gourd vase

A fine Chinese blue and white ‘Scholars’ double-gourd vase

Transitional period

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€ 10.000 – € 20.000

H: H. 34,2 cm

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A double-gourd vase with a slightly everted rim, painted in vibrant tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The upper section is decorated with three characteristic stylised tulip sprays. The upper gourd depicts three scholars surrounded by stacks of books in a mountainous landscape with trees and foliage. The slender waist is encircled by a band of stylised leaf motifs, while the shoulder is decorated with a band of chrysanthemum garlands. The larger lower gourd is painted with a continuous fenced rocky landscape depicting a gathering of young scholars. One side shows four scholars accompanied by an attendant holding a horse, while the other depicts four further scholars arriving to join the gathering. The subject may be understood as a literati gathering or scholarly outing, a refined theme associated with friendship, literary cultivation and elegant leisure. In the absence of an inscription, the scene is best described conservatively as a scholars’ gathering rather than identified as a specific historical episode.
此瓶作葫蘆形，口沿微撇，通體以濃豔青花繪飾。頸部飾三組典型的鬱金香紋，上腹繪山林高士圖，三位高士置身山石林木之間，身旁堆放書冊。束腰處環飾蕉葉紋，肩部飾一周菊花紋。
下腹通景繪園林文士雅集圖，山石、樹木與欄杆錯落其間。一側繪四位文士，旁有侍從牽馬；另一側繪另外四位文士前來赴會。畫面表現文人相聚遊賞的風雅生活，寄託友朋交遊與翰墨雅趣。
Provenance:
Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, 6 October 2018, lot 789. (sold EUR 26.000,00) (link)
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above. (see added scan)