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十七世紀早期 五彩酒仙式硯滴
礬紅「大明宣德年製」楷書款
Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sweden (label no.860)
The Li Fan Thompson collection, London
Published and Illustrated: B.Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics: In the Carl Kempe Collection, Goteborg, 1964, p.251, no.860
來源: Carl Kempe博士 (1884-1967),瑞典 (標籤編號860)
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展覽著錄: B.Gyllensvärd,《Chinese Ceramics: In the Carl Kempe Collection》,哥德堡,1964年,第251頁,編號860
Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) was a prominent Swedish industrialist who served as the CEO of Mo och Domsjö AB, a leading company in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Dr. Kempe resided at Ekolsund, a historic former Swedish royal palace, where he also maintained his distinguished art collection. As an early and active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he amassed one of the finest European collections of Chinese art created in the mid-twentieth century.
Li Bai, one of the most celebrated poets of the Tang dynasty, was famed for his romantic, Daoist spirit and love of wine. Often depicted as a wandering Immortal, he found inspiration in intoxication, seeing it as a gateway to transcendence. See a famille verte waterpot in the form of Li Bai, Kangxi, illustrated in Art of China: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2018, p.160.