Description: Porcelain with iron red, underglaze blue and multi-colored enamels in Famille Verte palette
China, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
This masterly hand painted vase shows iron red outlines at the protagonists’ faces and multi colored enamels throughout, in high relief. Depicted is the god of wealth, Liu Hai, holding a string of cash and with his toad companion. Liu Hai is sitting atop a cleft rock amidst the wavy sea. A log raft boat with two female immortals, possible Xi Wangmu and an attendant, is seen next to Liu Hai. The log raft has a gnarled trunk-form mast form, from which a basket filled with lingzhi is dangling. The beauties in the boat are watching the scene of Liu Hai and his toad with amusement.
The neck of the vase shows a cloud pattern as well as bird in flight. The underside bears an underglaze blue double-circle.
Remarkable is the artistic quality of the painting, the plain white areas functioning as the canvas for the vivid imagery and the ornate patterns.
Shape: Baluster shape
Dimensions: Height 46 cm
Condition: Overall very good condition, besides one restored central drilling to base
Provenance: Canadian private collection
Literature comparison: for Kangxi period Famille Verte porcelains of comparable quality see Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 17 SEPTEMBER 2013 - 18 SEPTEMBER 2013, LONDON, lot 328 (for a vase, only half the size) or Sotheby’s, IMPORTANT CHINESE ART, 11 MAY 2016, LONDON, lot 181 (for a plate).
大型康熙硬彩“劉海仙姑”棒槌瓶
陶瓷,鐵紅釉,青花釉下彩,五彩
中國,康熙 (1662-1722)
這件畫功精湛的手繪花瓶在主角的臉上使用鐵紅色展現輪廓,並在四周使用多彩琺瑯釉凸出表面。 財神劉海坐在波浪洶湧的海中的巨石之上,手中拿著一串銅錢逗耍金蟾。在劉海旁邊可以看到一艘坐著兩個女仙的木船,可能是西王母和她的侍女。木筏船頭成彎曲樹枝,一個枝幹垂下一個放滿靈芝的花籃。 船上的美女正在欣賞著劉海和他的蟾蜍戲耍情景。
花瓶的頸部顯示出一個五彩祥雲圖案以及飛鳥。 瓶底帶有青花釉下彩雙圈款。
此瓶尤其引人注目的是繪畫的藝術品質,樸素的白色底面充當了生動的圖像和華麗的圖案的畫布。
棒槌瓶形
尺寸:高 46 cm
品相整體極好,底部中央部份有修復過
加拿大
文獻參考:康熙年間硬彩陶瓷類似質量可見蘇富比 《中國精美陶瓷與工藝品》,2013年9月17-18日(一個花瓶,尺寸僅一半大)或蘇富比《重要中國藝術》,2016年5月11日,倫敦,181號拍品(一個盤子)