AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'BENEATH PINE TREES' MALLET-SHAPED VASE

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. INSLEY BLAIR PROCEEDS IN PART TO BENEFIT THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, SALISBURY COVE, MAINE

AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'BENEATH PINE TREES' MALLET-SHAPED VASE

YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

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AN IMPORTANT AND VERY FINE INSCRIBED FALANGCAI ENAMELLED 'BENEATH PINE TREES' MALLET-SHAPED VASE
YONGZHENG-QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
The rounded body of the vase is finely potted with a broad base and a rounded shoulder under a tall cylindrical neck. The exterior is superbly enamelled with a continuous landscape scene, finely detailed with an elderly scholar holding a long staff in one hand and standing under a tall gnarled pine tree that extends into clusters of swirling clouds. The scholar is depicted as in conversation with a young attendant who is pointing into the distance. The reverse side is inscribed with a poem written in kaishu, standard script, followed by an iron-red seal mark, Changzhi, 'Eternal'
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Alfred E. Hippisley Collection (1848-1939)
J. Insley Blair (1870-1939) and thence by descent to the present owners

Literature

A. E. Hippisley, A Catalogue of The Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains: With A Sketch of the History of Ceramic Art in China, Washington, 1890, 130
A. E. Hippisley, A Sketch of the History of Ceramic Art in China, with a Catalogue of the Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains, Washington, 1902, pl. 130

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Lot Essay

The short poem was composed by the Tang dynasty poet, Jia Dao (779-843), under the title 'Looking for a Hermit Without Finding Him', and may be translated as:

Beneath the pine tree, I asked the attendant.
'My master has gone for herbs', was his reply.
'Amidst the yonder hills covered with clouds,
so I know not where.'

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