KANGXI (1662-1722)

细节

A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE 'DRAGON-BOAT' JAR AND COVER
Kangxi (1662-1722)
Finely and brilliantly enamelled with a continuous scene around the ovoid body depicting the Emperor and his consort seated in the Imperial 'dragon' boat being pulled along the banks of a river in the Imperial Pleasure Garden by twelve court ladies, another standing at the stern of the boat steering with a long curved oar, numerous other female figures in attendance to the seated figures, one serving wine, one holding a fan and three others playing musical instruments including a flute and a sanxian, the boat depicted as an iron-red and gilt dragon, its head with ferocious expression forming the prow and a long tail the stern, from which a young boy swings on a trapeze, on the near bank a group of six scholars and dignitaries stand on a bridge watching the entourage, on the far bank ladies and boys peer from pavilion windows, the shoulder with a wide band of iron-red and green hexagonal cell-pattern reserved with panels of butterflies and flowers alternating with archaistic vessels, the domed cover with a similar cell-pattern band reserved with panels of fish and crustacea around archaistic vessels on the top, restored
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high

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拍品专文

This subject matter is rare, although occasionally is to be found on large vases and dishes. The size and form of this jar is also rare; see an example with different subject-matter and lion finial, from the Peter Ralli Collection, illustrated by Gorer and Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, London, 1911, vol.I, plate 106.