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A BLUE AND WHITE 'LANDSCAPE' ROULEAU VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- porcelain
painted with a scene of a mountainous river landscape with rocks, a fishermen steering a boat on the lake below birds in flight, two scholars in conversation on a rocky bank, and another walking towards a pavilion, all below floral sprays and a single bowstring band around the neck
Provenance
Collection of Della Brooks Walker van Loben Sels (1878-1978), California, (according to Mrs. Clinton J. Walker label).
Condition
There are scattered burst bubbles all over, and a small triangular section cut from the interior footrim.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A rouleau vase with a T-form and ruyi bands around the neck and a similarly well painted landscape but of larger size is in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares, Hong Kong 1998, pl. 52, and two examples are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, one illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong 1989, p. 18, no. 1 and the other in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (III) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 15. See also a very similar vase was sold Christie's Hong Kong, 26th April 2004, lot 1041.