A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JAR

KANGXI

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JAR
kangxi
Finely painted at one side with figures among pavilions and trees in an impressive landscape of towering mountains and waterfalls, the reverse with an extensive calligraphic inscription in fifteen columns, rim chip and cracks restored
20 in. (51 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The text is in classical Chinese and represents the Zuiweng tingji, 'Essay on the Pavilion of the Drunken Old Man', or part thereof, originally written by Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), a distinguished official of the Northern Song Dynasty. The last line may be translated as: 'The winter of the Xinchou year, honourable record of the Zuiweng tingji'. The cyclical date referred to may correspond to AD 1721 during the Kangxi period, or a date during the lifetime of the author.

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