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39. IMPORTANT ET RARE GRAND VASE YENYEN EN PORCELAINE DE LA …
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39. IMPORTANT ET RARE GRAND VASE YENYEN EN PORCELAINE DE LA …
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39. IMPORTANT ET RARE GRAND VASE YENYEN EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE VERTE
Dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722)
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE LARGE FAMILLE VERTE '100 BOYS' YENYEN VASE
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
Boldly painted in bright enamels around the body and neck with a continuous scene of young boys at play and engaged in various leisurely and scholarly activities, gathered around tables or in groups amidst trees, on terrasses, and in pavilions, below billowing iron-red clouds, the shoulder with an intricate diaper pattern and large blooms, the neck similarly painted with groups of boys in a landscape setting, an inscription incised on the base reading Qianlong dingwei nian xiayue jidan tianzhi yong (Additional purchase, on an auspicious day of the first month of the dingwei year (corresponding to 1787), later European gilt-bronze mounts.
68 cm (26 3/4 in.) high (2).
Provenance:
Collection of Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915), New York, thence by descent to his sister in law, Virginia Purdy Bacon (1853-1919), New York.
Kunsthandel Heinz Reichert, Freiburg and Munich.
Collection of Eugen Albert (1934-2024), Mainz, acquired from the above on 7 July 1976.
Lempertz, Cologne, 13 June 1925, lot 172.
Published:
John Getz, Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects, Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, and Cloisonne Enamels collected by Edward R. Bacon, New York, 1914, p. 22, cat. no. 46 and pl. VIII.
清康熙 五彩百子圖鳳尾尊
來源
Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915) 收藏，紐約，其後傳至其嫂 Virginia Purdy Bacon（1853–1919），紐約
Kunsthandel Heinz Reichert，弗萊堡及慕尼黑
Eugen Albert (1934-2024) 收藏，美因茲，於1976年7月7日得自上述來源
倫佩茨拍賣行，科隆，1925年6月13日，編號172
出版
John Getz, 《Catalogue of Chinese Art Objects, Porcelains, Potteries, Jades, Bronzes, and Cloisonne Enamels collected by Edward R. Bacon》，紐約，1914年，頁22，編號46，圖版VIII
A multitude of boys engaged in a flurry of activities is boldly painted around the undulating form of this impressive and elegant baluster form vase. The design is busy, packed with outdoor action and punctuated with scenes of domestic and scholarly tranquillity. The design and size of this vase are a technical feat that only the most skilled potters and artisans in Jingdezhen could master. The imposing size of this vase, the painterly style and the brilliant enamel palette of greens, yellows, blues and iron-red with details picked out in or outlined in black were all technically challenging features yet the potters at Jingdezhen were encouraged to push their skills to the limit and produce vases of such magnificent design and size.
Very few vases of this size and shape were successfully fired and have survived in almost perfect condition. This vase is particularly stunning as it is decorated with the subject of the 'hundred boys'. Exquisitely rendered in tones of green and blue with a continuous bucolic garden setting bordered by craggy rockwork and gnarled pines, flowering prunus and clusters of bamboo, set with pavilions and terrasses that provide the backdrop for animated groups of small boys engaged in a variety of activities. The theme of a 'hundred boys' is imbued with powerful auspicious symbolism and was very popular in the Qing dynasty, representing the desire for many sons to continue the family line and ensure prosperity and stability. The theme was widely employed in the decorative arts of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and vases of various forms were painted with playful scenes such as on the present vase. It is very rare for a large yenyen vase to be decorated with the subject of the 'hundred boys' and no other closely related example appears to have been published. For other large size vases of this shape decorated with the famille verte palette, see an example offered in Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 163. Another example sold in Sotheby's London, 11 May 2022, lot 77.
More than a century ago, this impressive vase was in the collection of Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915), a prolific yet elusive collector of Chinese porcelain and works of art based in New York. Edward R. Bacon formed an important collection of exquisite Chinese porcelains which was published under his name and with the contribution of John Getz in 1919. The present vase is among the few porcelains in the catalogue that were reproduced in colour underlining the appreciation Bacon had for the piece. Edward Bacon acquired many of his best Chinese porcelain pieces in France and it is quite likely that this vase with its 19th century custom-made, opulent French gilt-bronze mount was acquired by Bacon in France. A Chinese ewer with 18th century French ormulu mounts, also from the Edward R. Bacon collection, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (accession no. 82.DI.3), published in Gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1999, pp. 26-29, cat. no. 2. This magnificent famille verte yenyen vase is one of the very rare pieces from the illustrious Edward R. Bacon collection and his prestigious catalogue to appear on the market.
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