拍品信息
拍品名称
明崇禎 青花三國人物故事圖花觚 | A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, GU
年代
Chongzhen
起拍价
GBP 12,000
估值区间
GBP 12000 - 15000
尺寸
未知
品相
未知
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Chongzhen
The cylindrical body rising from a gently flaring foot to a trumpet mouth, the upper register finely painted with a continuous scene of a dignitary followed by flag bearers and soldiers approaching a lady, in a balustraded garden with a city wall in the distance, all beneath an incised 'wave'-pattern border on the mouth, the subtly raised mid-section with scrolling lingzhi, above a pendant plantain leaf-lappet border, hongmu wood stand. 43.5cm (17 1/4in) high. (2).
Footnotes
明崇禎 青花三國人物故事圖花觚
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Robert Kleiner in 1988
來源： Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955)，中國及意大利，並由後人保存迄今
Robert Kleiner于1988年所作的評估中曾提及此件拍品
A similar scene of a general approaching a lady, her hand raised within her sleeve, is depicted on a blue and white brushpot, Chongzhen, illustrated in Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, no.82. See also a blue and white beaker vase of similar form, with related decoration to the middle and lower sections, but with the upper section painted with birds amidst ornamental rocks and flowering sprays, illustrated in , Hong Kong, 1981, p.89, no.65. An inscription on the vase incorporates the cyclical date (庚辰), corresponding to 1640.
The subject may tentatively relate to one of the celebrated tales of beautiful women whose allure brings about the downfall of powerful men. One possibility is the story of Xi Shi (西施), the renowned beauty whom Goujian (勾踐), King of Yue, sent to Fuchai (夫差), King of Wu, in an attempt to distract him from affairs of state; Fuchai became so enamoured of her that he neglected the government of his kingdom, ultimately contributing to its downfall. Alternatively, the scene may allude to the story of Diaochan (貂蟬), whose beauty was used to set the military commander Lü Bu (呂布) against his patron Dong Zhuo (董卓) in the . Both narratives would have carried particular resonance in the late Ming, when such stories could be read not simply as romantic episodes but as cautionary tales concerning the disruptive power of beauty, desire and the within the political sphere.
See a related blue and white vase, , circa 1640, which was sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1317. See also a related blue and white beaker vase, , circa 1640, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2016, lot 39.
The cylindrical body rising from a gently flaring foot to a trumpet mouth, the upper register finely painted with a continuous scene of a dignitary followed by flag bearers and soldiers approaching a lady, in a balustraded garden with a city wall in the distance, all beneath an incised 'wave'-pattern border on the mouth, the subtly raised mid-section with scrolling lingzhi, above a pendant plantain leaf-lappet border, hongmu wood stand. 43.5cm (17 1/4in) high. (2).
Footnotes
明崇禎 青花三國人物故事圖花觚
Provenance: Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), China and Italy, and thence by descent
Noted in a valuation conducted by Robert Kleiner in 1988
來源： Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955)，中國及意大利，並由後人保存迄今
Robert Kleiner于1988年所作的評估中曾提及此件拍品
A similar scene of a general approaching a lady, her hand raised within her sleeve, is depicted on a blue and white brushpot, Chongzhen, illustrated in Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, no.82. See also a blue and white beaker vase of similar form, with related decoration to the middle and lower sections, but with the upper section painted with birds amidst ornamental rocks and flowering sprays, illustrated in , Hong Kong, 1981, p.89, no.65. An inscription on the vase incorporates the cyclical date (庚辰), corresponding to 1640.
The subject may tentatively relate to one of the celebrated tales of beautiful women whose allure brings about the downfall of powerful men. One possibility is the story of Xi Shi (西施), the renowned beauty whom Goujian (勾踐), King of Yue, sent to Fuchai (夫差), King of Wu, in an attempt to distract him from affairs of state; Fuchai became so enamoured of her that he neglected the government of his kingdom, ultimately contributing to its downfall. Alternatively, the scene may allude to the story of Diaochan (貂蟬), whose beauty was used to set the military commander Lü Bu (呂布) against his patron Dong Zhuo (董卓) in the . Both narratives would have carried particular resonance in the late Ming, when such stories could be read not simply as romantic episodes but as cautionary tales concerning the disruptive power of beauty, desire and the within the political sphere.
See a related blue and white vase, , circa 1640, which was sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1317. See also a related blue and white beaker vase, , circa 1640, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2016, lot 39.
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