Lot 176 A Chinese blue and white double-gourd vase with floral design

A Chinese blue and white double-gourd vase with floral design

Wanli

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€ 800 – € 1.200

H: H. 22,5 cm

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Of elegant double-gourd form, the lower bulbous section rising to a compressed upper bulb and a tall tapering neck, painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The lower register is decorated with a large peony spray issuing from rockwork, surrounded by flowering plants and scrolling foliage. The upper bulb is similarly adorned with flowering branches and foliate motifs. The neck is densely painted with stylised floral scrolls reserved against a dark cobalt-blue ground, while the shoulder and waist are accentuated by geometric and ruyi-shaped borders.
此瓶造型秀雅，作雙葫蘆形，下腹圓鼓，上腹扁圓，上承細長束頸，通體以青花繪飾。下腹繪牡丹洞石圖，碩大牡丹自山石間生出，四周花木與卷草紋環繞。上腹同樣飾折枝花卉及花葉紋。頸部以濃重青花為地，留白密繪程式化纏枝花卉，肩部與束腰處則分別以幾何紋及如意雲頭紋作為邊飾。
Literature:
Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade', pp. 172-173.
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium.
Acquired from the above in 2013, according to the owner's inventory notes.
Exhibited & published:
Exhibited on loan at Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium, for their exhibition of 'De Chinese Verleiding - Chinese Exportkunst van de 16e tot de 19e eeuw', 20 November 2009 - 25 April 2010, and published in the eponymous publication by Nicole De Bisschop, p. 41, no. 2.24. (see added scans)