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A COLLECTION OF FIVE CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED VESSELS
Lot 45 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE U.K. COLLECTION

A COLLECTION OF FIVE CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED VESSELS

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed21 May 2019

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GBP 3,250

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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

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.

Specialist note

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.