A powder-blue-ground blue and white 'Zhang Qian on raft' rouleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 灑藍地開光青花張騫乘槎圖棒槌瓶

A powder-blue-ground blue and white 'Zhang Qian on raft' rouleau vase
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Height 26.1 cm, 10¼ in.
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Vase rouleau bleu blanc à fond bleu poudré et à décor de 'Zhang Qian sur un radeau', dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi
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清康熙 灑藍地開光青花張騫乘槎圖棒槌瓶

Condition Report:
General light surface wear and expected firing imperfections, including some small burst bubbles, notably one to the lower part of the neck. Otherwise good condition.

Catalogue Note:
This vase is painted with two rectangular panels enclosing the Western Han dynasty Imperial envoy Zhang Qian seated on his dragon-form log raft, and the reverse with a pair of geese amongst rockwork and reeds in typical marriage of historical narratives and decorative subjects characteristic of the Kangxi period.

A garniture containing a pair of powder blue ground rouleau vases decorated with panels, formerly in the collection of Andringa de Kempenaer transferred to the Rijksmuseum in 1954 is illustrated by Christiaan J.A. Jorg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, London, no. 152, pp. 142/3. For a pair of almost identical vases, see Chinese Blue and White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, Pullan Collection, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1998, col. pl. 52.

Provenance:
English private collection.

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London (label).

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英國私人收藏

Bluett & Sons，倫敦 (標籤)