KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A COLLECTION OF FIVE CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED VESSELS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The collection comprises: a pair of reticulated brushpots skilfully worked with the "Three Friends of Winter", pine, prunus and bamboo; a square brushpot with a moulded design of lotus and ruyi heads on a ground of scrolling foliage within a key-fret border; a small, ribbed baluster vase and a teapot and cover.
The tallest 5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in a private collection in France, most of which was purchased in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Nicola Chan

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Lot Essay

In Chinese art, the auspicious, artistic grouping of pines, bamboo and plum blossoms, known as the suihan sanyou, is a pictorial representation of the scholar-gentleman ideals of steadfastness, resilience and perseverance that are all highly regarded qualities in Confuciansim.

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