A FINE FAMILLE ROSE VASE

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A FINE FAMILLE ROSE VASE
IRON-RED HONGXIAN FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The finely potted baluster-shaped vase is delicately enamelled with the scholar Wang Xizhi wearing purple robes, observing two geese and a peasant, standing on a grassy patch in front of rocks and flowering plants
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, box

拍品專文

Wang Xizhi (321-379 A. D.) was a master calligrapher whose cursive script is reputed to have been inspired by the graceful sinuous necks of geese, having observed them from a lakeside pavilion. The present vase depicts this subject.