A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FILIAL PIETY' VASE, GU Yongzheng
A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FILIAL PIETY' VASE, GU
Yongzheng
Of waisted cylindrical form, raised on a tapering foot painted with a lappet band, the body painted with a continuous scene of Yang Xiang raising her hand to subdue a fearsome tiger to protect her father Yang Feng who recoils to her left, having dropped his reaper close by, the scene is set against a mountainous background, with pine trees, bamboo, flowering prunus and chrysanthemums.
49cm (19 1/4in) high.
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清雍正 粉彩扼虎救父圖觚
Provenance: An American private collection
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 4th February 2014 (collector's notes)
Peter and Mary White, UK
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.319
The vase illustrates one of the stories in the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (二十四孝) when the young girl Yang Xiang protected her father Yang Feng from a fearsome tiger whilst harvesting millet, thereby saving her father's life. She was later rewarded by the country governor with grain and flags.
The vase would have originally formed part of a five-piece garniture comprising two gu-form vases, and three covered jars, each similarly decorated. A related jar and cover, Yongzheng and 65cm high with cover, is held in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, inventory no.PO 6037.
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A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'FILIAL PIETY' VASE, GU
Yongzheng
Of waisted cylindrical form, raised on a tapering foot painted with a lappet band, the body painted with a continuous scene of Yang Xiang raising her hand to subdue a fearsome tiger to protect her father Yang Feng who recoils to her left, having dropped his reaper close by, the scene is set against a mountainous background, with pine trees, bamboo, flowering prunus and chrysanthemums.
49cm (19 1/4in) high.
Footnotes:
清雍正 粉彩扼虎救父圖觚
Provenance: An American private collection
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 4th February 2014 (collector's notes)
Peter and Mary White, UK
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.4, n.p, 2023, p.319
The vase illustrates one of the stories in the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (二十四孝) when the young girl Yang Xiang protected her father Yang Feng from a fearsome tiger whilst harvesting millet, thereby saving her father's life. She was later rewarded by the country governor with grain and flags.
The vase would have originally formed part of a five-piece garniture comprising two gu-form vases, and three covered jars, each similarly decorated. A related jar and cover, Yongzheng and 65cm high with cover, is held in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, inventory no.PO 6037.
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