Lot 30. A fine fencai landscape bowl with the Lushan waterfall, iron-red Jiaqing seal mark and period (1796-1820). D. 14,5 cm. Estimate 8,000-12,000 EUR. © Nagel

on narrow foot rim. The outer wall with a finely painted, revolving landscape scene. Evocative representation of an ideal-typical mountain landscape with pagodas and temples. Inscribed on the reverse 'Lushan waterfall. The centre with a iron-red decorated iron red painting of prunus, pine tree and finger citron medaillon, the base with seal mark. This fine enamelled bowl shows a detailed landscape representation. Depicted are the impressive waterfalls of Lushan (Lushan pubu), which are located near the Poyang lake under high blue-green mountains. In front of a precise crafted thatched hut, a pagoda and a temple building on the one side are visible. Opposing additional temple halls among pine trees in blue-green mountains and hikers, who climb the stone steps, can be found.

Provenance: Bonnaz, Marseille 23.11.2013.

Literature: Cf. Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London 1994-2010, Vol. 4, pp. 296ff, Nr. 1762ff. See also: Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Beijing 1993, p. 293.

Note: A set, which includes ten bowls with the depiction of famous scenic spots of the region around Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province is illustrated in the catalogue Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo, 1988-90, vol. 2, no. 672 as well as in the Weishaupt collection, illustrated in Gunhild Avitabile: Vom Schatz der Drachen. Chinesisches Porzellan des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Weishaupt/From the dragon's treasure. Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection, London 1987, no. 20.