Lot 2965
2965
A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS’ BALUSTER VASE
A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS’ BALUSTER VASE
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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE `EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS’ BALUSTER VASE

KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS’ BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tapered body is decorated with a continuous scene of eighteen literati at various leisurely pursuits in a garden setting with two cranes, all between two decorative bands at the shoulder and near the base. The trumpet-form neck is decorated with bamboo emerging from rocks with a bird in flight.
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, ‘ The Butler Family collection – Supplement to the 1990 Catalogue', Collections Baur, no. 58, Autumn-Winter 1994, pp. 5-64, pl. 21
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 394, pl. III.4.36a,b

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Lot Essay

The present jar depicts the famous Eighteen Scholars of Tang dynasty who assisted the Emperor Taizong to govern the empire, gathered in a forest garden in Yingzhou for literary pursuit, engaging in activities such as playing the zither, painting and calligraphy, drinking and dining. Compare to a Kangxi underglaze blue and red example depicting the same scene, see Taipei National Palace Museum’s Empty Vessels, Replenished Minds: The Culture, Practice, and Art of Tea, Taipei, 2002, pp.116-117, no. 96.

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