KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTIONED VASE AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each side of the vase is decorated with a shaped panel depicting scenes from the Yang Jia Jiang, Novels about the Generals of the Yang Clan, including battle and interiors scenes. The flat shoulder is decorated with a diaper pattern and the neck with flower sprays. The base is marked with an artemisia leaf. The cover is decorated in a wan pattern, surmounted by a square finial inscribed with a fu character.
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high

来源

The Peter and Nancy Thompson Collection
Sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1982, lot 394.
The Estate of Philip Kappel.

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The present bottle probably depicts the story of Mu Guiying, one of the female generals of the Yang family as described in one of the most famous examples of Chinese historical romances, the Bei Song Zhizhuan 'History of the Northern Song', written by Xiong Damu. This novel commemorates the wars between the Northern Song (960-1127) and her neighbours in the north, the Liao (Khitan) and Xi Xia (Tangut). Most of the stories in this novel are about the legendary acts of the members of the family of General Yang. Therefore this novel is currently also known as Yangjia Jiang Yanyi, 'Novel about the Generals from the Yang family' (source: W. Idema and L. Haft, Chinese letterkunde: een inleiding, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2005, p. 196).

A pair of square bottle vases from the same period and with similar decoration were sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 21-22 September 2010, lot 287.

A pair of similar bottles with a similar story can be found in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, see C.J.A. Jörg and J. van Campen, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, London, 1997, pp. 91-92.