Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton
A large blue and white 'double-gourd' vase, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period | 明嘉靖 青花瑞獸壽字紋大葫蘆瓶
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A large blue and white 'double-gourd' vase
Ming dynasty, Jiajing period
明嘉靖 青花瑞獸壽字紋大葫蘆瓶
the lower bulb of square section, each side boldly painted in inky cobalt blue with a fabulous beast including a qilin, an elephant, a lion, and a horse, sweeping into a constricted waist and surmounted by a round upper bulb, painted with crane and shou medallions on a cloud scroll ground, the elongated cylindrical neck with a border of ruyi lappets and further shou roundels
Height 25 in., 63.5 cm
Sotheby's New York, 15th September 1999, lot 81.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 17th November 2000.
來源
紐約蘇富比1999年9月15日，編號81
藍理捷，紐約，2000年11月17日
Replete with symbols of longevity—the double-gourd form, the shou characters, cranes, lingzhi-shaped clouds, and auspicious animals—this robustly potted and decorated vase reflects the Jiajing Emperor's ardent devotion to Daoism and his desire to attain immortality.
Compare a related vase painted with qilin medallions on the lower bulb, exhibited in Inaugural Exhibition: Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1975, cat. no. 84. Another, with more stylized shou roundels on a similar cloud scroll ground, is illustrated in Hara Hiromu, Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. Museum Pusat, Jakarta, vol. 3, 1976, pl. 227. See also one with a scene of Shoulao on the lower bulb, included in Ming Blue and White: Jiajing-Chongzhen Including Dated Examples, S. Marchant & Son, London, 2004, cat. no. 8.
For examples sold at auction, refer to one sold in our London rooms, 5th November 2008, lot 67, and two sold in these rooms: the first, 21st-22nd September 2005, and the second, 11th September 2019, lot 885.