A VERY LARGE UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BOTTLE... Lot n° 235
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A VERY LARGE UNDERGLAZE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE, KANGXI PERIOD
China, 1662-1722. The pear-shaped body rising from a round base to a tall cylindric neck with a small mouth, masterfully painted to the body with three running mythical beasts, a bixie, a Buddhist lion and a deer, implying power, avoidance of evil spirits and nobility, in soft copper-red silhouettes, their eyes dramatically picked out in underglaze blue. Covered in a smooth transparent glaze, the unglazed base with concentric rings in slight relief, the inner of the neck unglazed as well.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities including pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses. Tiny nicks to the base.
Weight: 2,478 g
Dimensions: Height 48.5 cm
The use of copper-red at Jingdezhen was revived under the Kangxi Emperor after the decline in its usage after the 15th century in his quest to reproduce classic Ming porcelain designs. The high level of technical knowledge of the potters is evident in their ability to control the temperamental copper-red pigment to produce finely painted and fired wares. The present vase is an outstanding example of this ability as the simple yet skillfully applied brush strokes, in which the three mythical animals have been executed, are still clearly visible.
Literature comparison:
Compare smaller vases of this type, in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 79; another included in the exhibition The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, catalogue number 9.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 11 May 2010, lot 245
Price: GBP 22,500 or approx.
EUR 45,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An underglaze copper-red decorated bottle vase, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar mythical beasts in copper red. Note the slightly smaller size (40.3 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2016, lot 144
Estimate: GBP 60,000 or approx.
EUR 102,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A copper-red and gilt-decorated bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the related form and similar mythical beasts in copper red.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 19 March 2009, lot 733
Price: USD 10,000 or approx.
EUR 13,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of large copper-red-decorated bottle vase, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and similar depiction of mythical beasts in copper-red. Note the size (42.5 cm) and that the lot comprises a pair.
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