Lot 36 A Chinese blue and white baluster vase with narrative design

A Chinese blue and white baluster vase with narrative design

late Ming

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€ 6.000 – € 12.000

H: H. 21,2 cm

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A globular jar, raised on a short foot and rising to a short neck with a gently flaring rim. The jar is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, the neck adorned with floral and diamond motifs. The shoulder is decorated with four floral cartouches, interspersed with alternating patterns in light and dark cobalt blue. The body is painted with a continuous scene depicting scholars and attendants carrying umbrellas in a garden setting with a pavilion. Below this scene, the lower body is decorated with a band of stylised scroll motifs. The glazed base carries a hare mark.
罐呈圓鼓形，下承矮圈足，短頸，口沿微外撇。通體以釉下青花裝飾，頸部飾花卉及菱形紋。肩部環列四組花卉開光，間以深淺不同的青花紋樣相隔。腹部以青花通景繪庭園高士圖，文士與侍從持傘行於亭台園景之間。近足處環飾變形卷草紋。底部施釉，繪一兔子款。
Provenance:
Luis Alegria, Porto, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2011.