CHINE POUR LE VIETNAM PÉRIODE THIÊU TRI (1841 - 1847)

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2000 - 3000 EUR
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CHINE POUR LE VIETNAM PÉRIODE THIÊU TRI (1841 - 1847)
Important blue-white porcelain bowl, decorated with three reserves describing the metamorphosis of the carp into a dragon, each of the reserves separated by a carpet of hexagonal patterns riddled with dots evoking a turtle shell. Mark with the dragon in medallion on the base. H. 9,5 cm - D. 19,8 cm (Minor chips on the edge and small cracks from firing on the base) RELATED WORK Our bowl is to be compared with another example kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Hué under the inventory number BTH 1454. See "Vietnam art and culture from prehistory to today", p. 141, n°93. NOTE Known as "carp jumping the dragon's gate" (li yu tiao long men), this motif represents a carp and a dragon among high waves. It was inspired by a legend related to the cliffs along the Yellow River (Huanghe), northwest of Hejin, Shanxi Province. The course of the river at this place is fast and tumultuous and, according to the legend, very difficult for the fish to swim upstream. Those who succeeded in doing so were honored with the title of "dragon" (long). Also, the carp becoming dragon is related to the man of modest extraction who manages by the only force of his will to climb the ladder of the society and to obtain a high position. Also known as yu hua long or yu long bian hua tu ("the carp turning into a dragon"), this motif was particularly popular in China during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722).
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