Lot 5 A Chinese blue and white peach-shaped cadogan-type wine pot

A Chinese blue and white peach-shaped cadogan-type wine pot

Transitional period

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€ 8.000 – € 12.000

WH: H. 18,2 cm, W. 19 cm

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The body of the wine pot is modelled after a peach, surmounted by a bud-shaped filling mouth and supported on a tall, spreading foot. One side is set with an elegantly curved spout and the other with a curved handle, both modelled as twisting branches with applied leaves. Each side of the body is painted in underglaze cobalt blue with peaches and pomegranates among flowering and leafy branches, accompanied by butterflies. The filling mouth is decorated with overlapping lotus petals, echoed by a band of upright lotus-petal panels around the foot.
The peach symbolises longevity and enduring blessings. The many-seeded pomegranate represents numerous offspring and the flourishing of the family line. Together, the motifs convey wishes for longevity, prosperity, good fortune and abundant descendants. The sculptural branch-form spout and handle complement the luscious fruit-and-flower decoration, lending the vessel both a sculptural quality and a lively sense of nature.
壺身呈桃形，上置花瓣形注口，下承外撇高圈足。一側置長流，另一側安曲柄，流與柄均塑作盤曲枝幹，並貼塑葉片，造型別緻。壺身兩面各以青花繪桃子與石榴，伴以花卉枝葉及蝶蟲。注口外壁飾重疊蓮瓣紋，高足環繪仰蓮瓣紋，彼此呼應。
桃象徵長壽與福壽綿延，石榴果實多籽，象徵多子多福、家族繁盛。兩者相結合，寄託福壽雙全、吉祥富足與子孫綿延的美好願望。立體枝幹式流柄與繁茂的花果紋飾相互呼應，使整器兼具雕塑感與自然生趣。
Reference:
A closely comparable example is in the Asian Arts Museum of the City of Paris, Musée Cernuschi. (inv. no. M.C. 2465) (link) Another was included by S. Marchant & Son in their 2007 exhibition of 'Chongzhen - Shunzhi, Transitional Porcelain From A Private American Collection', no. 10.
Provenance:
Vanderven Oriental Art, 's Hertogenbosch.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert - Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1988 and accompanied by a copy of their valuation rapport, dated 18 September 2001. (see added scans)