KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A GILT-DECORATED MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is gilt-decorated around the body with variously shaped panels enclosing scenes of birds perched on tree branches, squirrels in leafy grapevines laden with grapes, carp swimming amidst water plants, and antiques, all reserved on a ground of floral scrolls and above a band of petal lappets. The neck is painted with two landscapes within rectangular panels, separated by two medallions of bamboo, and the shoulder with taiji symbols alternating with flower heads.
17 3/8 in. (44 cm.) high

Exhibited

The Chinese Porcelain Company, Important Chinese Export Porcelain from Kangxi to Jiaqing, New York, 1999, no. 7.

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Lot Essay

The luminous black glaze which decorates this rouleau-form vase is known as 'noir miroir' or 'mirror black' for its dark, glassy surface. A pair of large rouleau vases with tall necks, decorated with circular and square panels and a similar ground pattern, mounted in rococo ormolu, is illustrated by Beurdeley and Raindre, Qing porcelain: famille verte, famille rose, New York, 1987, no. 374, p. 271. Another rouleau vase of similar form, but decorated in with large vertical panels on the same black ground, is also illustrated, p. 160, no. 223.

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