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    BLUE & WHITE WATER-CHESTNUT-FORM BOTTLE VASE

    DESCRIPTION BELOW

    CATALOGUE NUMBER 1473

    BLUE & WHITE WATER-CHESTNUT-FORM BOTTLE VASE

    KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722) WITH
    XUANDE MARK

    DIMENSIONS

    Height: 17 ⅛ inches

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    PROVENANCE

    Sotheby's New York, September 21-22, 2005, lot 87

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    CATALOGUE NOTES

    Dated 1691, the compressed globular body set with a tall cylindrical neck with a slightly flared mouth, finely painted in several different styles, one cartouche on the body painted in exquisite detail depicting three of the four noble professions- the wood cutter, fisherman, and scholar- all working along the riverbank near a craggy pine tree, the
    reverse boldly painted within a cartouche with Chang E bestowing a sprig of osmanthus on a scholar on the balcony of her palace, below a pair of animated chilongs around the base of the neck, the top portion of the neck painted in a calligraphic manner with five magpies flying
    above the Three Friends of Winter- the pine, prunus, and bamboo, inscribed with a dated inscription along the neck and body, the base with an apocryphal Xuande mark.