KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JAR
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
One side painted with a large panel depicting a scene of a junk sailing towards the shores of a walled city, with pavilions and trees visible over the top of the stone wall and a large three-storey pavilion, Teng Wang Ge, just beyond, with the mast of another boat and mountains visible in the distance, the reverse painted with a lengthy inscription, all below a ruyi band encircling the neck; together with a wood cover pierced with three ruyi motifs and a white jade finial carved as a dragon enveloped by swirling clouds, the flaming pearl just below its head
25½ in. (64.8 cm.) high, wood cover

Provenance

Collection of Nathan Bentz, Santa Barbara, California.
E.H. Bennett, Chicago.

Lot Essay

The landscape depicted on the jar is that of the famous pavilion, Teng Wang Ge, in Jiangxi province. Built in 653 by Li Yuanying, the brother of the Emperor Taizong, it was celebrated in the poem, 'Teng Wang Ge Xu' by the renowned Tang poet Wang Wei (701-763). The inscription on the vase is the preface to the poem.

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