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CHINE DYNASTIE QING, PÉRIODE DAOGUANG (1820-1850)
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CHINE DYNASTIE QING, PÉRIODE DAOGUANG (1820-1850)
= Pair of very large baluster vases
In porcelain with Famille Rose enamels and gold highlights, decorated with "Wu Shang Pu".
The body decorated with figures of the forty heroes of the collection, each named and described by a biographical poem. The foot features a frieze of imperial dragons chasing the pearl through the clouds. The flared neck is underlined by the same motif and flanked by two handles representing the bodhisattva Guanyin standing on a lotiform base.
H. 86 cm
PROVENANCE:
Belgian private collection, then by descent.
NOTE:
The Wu Shuang Pu or "Table of Unsurpassed Heroes" is a collection of woodcuts by the painter Jin Guliang (1625 - 1695), published in 1694. It contains imaginary portraits of 40 heroes and heroines from the Han to Song dynasties. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief biography and a poem in yuefu style. The book was widely distributed, and its illustrations enjoyed great success, including a transposition as decor for porcelain in the second half of the Qing dynasty.
= Pair of very large baluster vases
In porcelain with Famille Rose enamels and gold highlights, decorated with "Wu Shang Pu".
The body decorated with figures of the forty heroes of the collection, each named and described by a biographical poem. The foot features a frieze of imperial dragons chasing the pearl through the clouds. The flared neck is underlined by the same motif and flanked by two handles representing the bodhisattva Guanyin standing on a lotiform base.
H. 86 cm
PROVENANCE:
Belgian private collection, then by descent.
NOTE:
The Wu Shuang Pu or "Table of Unsurpassed Heroes" is a collection of woodcuts by the painter Jin Guliang (1625 - 1695), published in 1694. It contains imaginary portraits of 40 heroes and heroines from the Han to Song dynasties. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief biography and a poem in yuefu style. The book was widely distributed, and its illustrations enjoyed great success, including a transposition as decor for porcelain in the second half of the Qing dynasty.