Lot Essay
The inscription, Tiandou ji fuzi, may be translated, 'The Immortals send off the Heavenly One, a reference to Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West.
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VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722); ORMOLU MOUNT, LOUIS XVI, C. 1775
Details
A FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE WITH ORMOLU MOUNT
VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722); ORMOLU MOUNT, LOUIS XVI, C. 1775
Decorated with Xiwangmu accompanied by one of her attendants on a cloud of vapor looking down at the Eight Immortals with their attributes standing in a garden with a bamboo fence, with a five-character inscription, Tiandou ji fuzi, in black and two seals in red, tu wan (for appreciation), written on a rock to the side, the neck painted with bamboo and iron-red flowers growing around rocks, mounted on an ormolu base
20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high overall
VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722); ORMOLU MOUNT, LOUIS XVI, C. 1775
Decorated with Xiwangmu accompanied by one of her attendants on a cloud of vapor looking down at the Eight Immortals with their attributes standing in a garden with a bamboo fence, with a five-character inscription, Tiandou ji fuzi, in black and two seals in red, tu wan (for appreciation), written on a rock to the side, the neck painted with bamboo and iron-red flowers growing around rocks, mounted on an ormolu base
20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Leeds Collection.
American Art Association, November 1938, lot 186.
H. A. Fee Collection, Adrian, Michigan.
American Art Association, November 1938, lot 186.
H. A. Fee Collection, Adrian, Michigan.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.