A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHEASANT’ BEAKER VASE, SHUNZHI TO KANGXI PERIOD
China, mid-17th to early 18th century. Heavily potted, of waisted form, the exterior finely painted in shades of cobalt blue with a long-tailed pheasant perched on a rocky outpost standing tall amid thick shrubbery, peonies, prunus, and pine needles, all below a further pheasant flying above, framed by hatched bands above the foot and below the mouth.


Provenance
: From a private collection in Cotswold, United Kingdom, acquired in the 1920s or earlier, and thence by descent in the same family to the last owner. A copy of an inventory of the family collection, compiled in 1948 by local auctioneer and appraiser Alfred Bower, listing the present lot as no. 312, accompanies this lot. A copy of a private photo taken c. 1982 and showing a part of the collection on display in the family home, including the present vase, accompanies this lot.

Condition
: Magnificent condition with minor old wear and manufacturing irregularities, occasional light scratches, the rim with minute fritting, the foot with a shallow chip. No hidden damages, all visible on the images provided.

Weight: 3,338 g
Dimensions: Height 43.5 cm


Auction comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2020, lot 432
Price: HKD 119,700 or approx.
EUR 19,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A blue and white beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related waisted form and cobalt blue decoration, as well as the related bird motif. Note the size (45.7 cm).


Auction comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Amsterdam, 5 October 2011, lot 477
Price: EUR 32,200 or approx.
EUR 43,500
adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of Chinese blue and white large beaker vases, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related waisted form and cobalt blue decoration. Note the different motif, the size (44.9 and 55.3 cm), and that this lot comprises a pair.




順治至康熙朝大型青花花鳥筒花觚


中國，十七世紀中期至十八世紀初。撇口、圓腹、腹下漸外撇。白釉地，青花描繪。上下邊緣分別飾簡介線條紋，外壁在構圖上，底有奇石，上立一隻冠鳥，兩旁花團景簇，鳥周圍花團錦簇，中間可見牡丹、假山、樹等，空中飛舞著第二只鳥。


來源：
來自英國科茨沃爾德的私人收藏，購於 1920 年代或更早，並由同一家族傳承至最後一位擁有者。隨附一份家庭收藏清單的副本。清單由當地拍賣師兼估價師 Alfred Bower 於 1948 年編制，將本拍品列為第 312 號。隨附一份拍攝於1982年的可見家庭住宅中展出的部分藏品也包括這件花瓶的私人照片的副本。
品相：
狀況極佳，有輕微磨損和製造不規則，局部有輕微劃痕，邊緣有微小的磨損，足部有淺缺口。沒有隱藏的損壞，所有損壞都在照片上可見。

重量：3,338 克
尺寸：高 43.5 厘米


拍賣比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2020年11月27日，lot 432
價錢：HKD 119,700（相當今日
EUR 19,000
）
描述：清順治青花花鳥圖筒花觚
專家註釋：比較非常相近的腰部外形和青花紋，以及相近的鳥紋。請注意尺寸 (45.7 厘米)。


拍賣比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：阿姆斯特丹佳士得，2011年10月5日，lot 477
價錢：EUR 32,200（相當今日
EUR 43,500
）
描述：康熙一對青花花觚
專家註釋：比較非常相近的腰部外形和青花紋。請注意不同的主題 、尺寸 (44.9 and 55.3 厘米)，以及此為一對。