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AN ARCHAISTIC POWDER-BLUE GILT-DECORATED BEAKER VASE, GU
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A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art
31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
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AN ARCHAISTIC POWDER-BLUE GILT-DECORATED BEAKER VASE, GU

Kangxi
Of archaic gu form, the elegant flaring neck and spreading foot extending from a central square midsection with pronounced flanges, covered overall in a rich powder-blue glaze, finely mottled, with delicate gilt decoration embellishing the surface with floral sprays, further key-fret bands framing the midsection, the interior of the neck left white, with an iron-red 'herring-bone' border painted around the mouth rim, the base bearing an engraved Dresden inventory mark reading N:316. 20.5cm (8in) high.

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清康熙 灑藍釉描金觚形瓶

Provenance: Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (engraved Dresden inventory mark on the base reading N:316)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 29 October 2014 (collector's notes)

Published and Illustrated: M.White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol.4, n.p., 2023, pp.312-313

來源：奧古斯特二世(1670-1733)，薩克森選帝侯和波蘭國王（底部刻有德累斯頓庫存編號：N:316）
獲得於倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2014年10月29日（藏家筆記）

著錄：M.White，《Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection》，第四冊，無出版地，2023年，第312-313頁

The incised number on the present lot indicates that this plate was in the collection of Augustus the Strong (Augustus II), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1670-1733). As an avid art collector, he amassed an extensive collection of porcelain which was housed in the 'Japanese Palace' in Dresden. The inventory record for this piece is dated 1721 and reads '316. 4 beakers with four-sided, flat-bulbed bellies, 8½ in. high, 4¼ in. in diam. 1 is damaged.'. It is further mentioned in the Palace Inventory (1779) that 'In 1723, His Royal Majesty purchased the following ware from His Excellency the Field Marshal, Miss Bassetouche and the merchant Konspruck: On wholly blue porcelain'. A companion vase from the original set to which the present lot belonged, remains in the Dresden Porcelain Collection (inv.no.PO 4167).

As noted in the records above, Elisabeth de Bassetouche (d.1730) was the Court's principal supplier of East Asian porcelain, playing a major role in furnishing the Japanese Palace and providing wares for events such as the 1730 Zeithain Encampment. She had signed a major contract with the Saxon Court as early as 1717 for the delivery of porcelain and lacquerware valued at 20,000 Reichstaler, and is mentioned forty-three times in the royal inventories. Her sources likely included Dutch import channels or the Leipzig Fair. Alongside her, other dealers such as Mr Konspruck and the firms Landsberger & Co and Valentin & Co are also frequently named in royal records. These transactions are corroborated by the Oberrechnungsdeputation, which recorded Augustus the Strong's extensive personal spending on porcelain. The Field Marshal referenced in the 1779 Palace Inventory remains uncertain, but given the context of Augustus the Strong's Court, it may refer to one of his close military advisors or high-ranking courtiers involved in art and diplomatic exchange, such as Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667-1728), who held the rank of Field Marshal and was known for his political and cultural influence. See R.S.Simonis, 'How to furnish a Palace. Porcelain acquisitions in the Netherlands for Augustus the Strong, 1716-1718', Journal for Art Market Studies, vol.2, no.3 (2018), pp.1-15.

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