XING FANXIAN, DATED WUZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1948

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A PAIR OF FINE FAMILLE ROSE CYLINDRICAL VASES
XING FANXIAN, DATED WUZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1948
Each with waisted cylindrical neck, finely enamelled around the body with three figures in a boat in a moonlit night on one, the other with three figures over a large jar under a pine tree, all beside inscriptions and between decorative minor bands enamelled in iron red and black, the bases with iron-red Nanchang Xinghua chupin marks
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

M.J. Kayness, Hong Kong.

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Lot Essay

One of the vases recalls Su Shi's boat trip to the Red Cliff, the other depicts a humourous exchange between Su Shi and his friends Huang Tingjian and the monk Fo Yin, concerning the connoisseurship of vinegar.

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