These pear-shaped vases have a straight slender neck and a low foot with a slightly recessed glazed base. They are both decorated in an intense cobalt blue with three equestrian figures and a foot attendant - all of whom are crossing a pavilion terrace towards a boatman who is punting a craft. There is a large branch of prunus-heads at the base of each neck and the rim is decorated with a band of hatch-work. Height 13,5 cm.One restored.
Van Stockinus, Velingen, 2006.
The Avalon Collection Part II.
This collection, which in the main focuses on the Interregnum and Kangxi periods has been both carefully and sensitively formed over the last twenty-five years. The collector, a member of the English Oriental Ceramic Society, has assembled the collection with an eye for provenance whilst purchasing from old European collections, well-established antique dealers and at auction.
Academically, the pieces have been well researched both in terms of their symbolism and narrative themes. In many instances the imagery on the pieces has been referenced to episodes in the romantic and historic novels of Chinese mythology, which were used extensively in the decoration of seventeenth century Chinese porcelain.