11 janvier 2020
A blue and white double-gourd vase, Transitional period, circa 1635-40
Lot 1382. A blue and white double-gourd vase, Transitional period, circa 1635-40; 13 in. (33 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013.
The vase is decorated with vignettes of scholars in landscape settings representing the 'Seven Scholars of the Bamboo Grove'. On the lower bulb three scholars are gathered around a weiqi board, while two other scholars accompanied by an attendant converse, and on the upper bulb two scholars are shown seated in conversation wood stand .
Provenance: Gustaf Hilleström (1911-1944) Collection.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York, November 1998.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013
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