CHINESE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED UNDERGLAZE BLUE SLEEVE VASE
MING DYNASTY OR LATER
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明或以後 青花描金礬紅彩水滸人物紋筒瓶
of slightly tapered cylindrical form rising to trumpeted mouth, painted with narrative figures chasing a character Han Xin featured in the classical novel Water Margin, some borders and outlines further detailed by gilt, and further painted with flowers and foliages in iron red, the base inscribed in ink with a character ‘Xie’
Dimensions
45.5cm high
Footnote
In this period, it is unusual to get further enamelling and gilding on underglaze blue pieces, especially when the decoration in underglaze blue has been quite thorough and complete. Compare to a related underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilt-decorated brush pot, also with minimal touches of further decoration, dated to the Qing dynasty, 18th century, previously in the Dr Wou Kiuan Collection, subsequently sold at Sotheby's London, 1 November 2022, lot 82.