KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

細節

AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE FACETED VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each of the four tapering sides well painted with a scene from the The Water Margin, most of the figures dressed in military costume and each indentified by characters written either on a plaque hung from their belt, or elsewhere, one figure with snake tattoos on his torso, all below ribbon-tied Daoist emblems and antiques on the sloping shoulder, and figures and buildings amidst a landscape on the neck, with artemsia leaf mark on the countersunk center of the base
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high

來源

Berwald Oriental Art Ltd, London, 11 June 2003.

拍品專文

The scenes appear to be inspired by the fourteenth century novel, The Water Margin, (Shuihu zhuan), a frequent source of decoration in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. A lengthy novel about a group of Song dynasty outlaws, many of whom were forced to live outside the law by corrupt Song officials, it was considered analogous to corruption of officials during the late Ming dynasty, and its printing was officially banned by the Chongzhen emperor in 1642.