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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
Lot 201

A BLUE AND WHITE 'ONE HUNDRED ANTIQUES' VASE, GU
Kangxi

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'ONE HUNDRED ANTIQUES' VASE, GU

Kangxi
Of archaistic gu shape, painted around the body in vibrant tones of cobalt-blue with various antique bronze and porcelain vessels, scrolls, chimes, books and fans, the bulbous central section framed by two bands of key-fret, the base with lingzhi spray.
42cm (16 1/2in) high.

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清康熙 青花博物圖觚式瓶

Provenance: a British private collection

來源:英國私人收藏

The Hundred Antiques (Bai Gu 百古) motif, popular on Kangxi period blue and white vases, symbolises cultural refinement and Confucian ideals. Featuring archaic bronzes, scholarly tools, and auspicious objects, it reflects the Qing Court's antiquarian tastes. See a similar motif on a blue and white jardineire, Kangxi, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi chao qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, p.498.

Compare with a similar blue and white gu vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Christie's London, 11 May 2010, lot 269.

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