A FINE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURATIVE' BEAKER VASE, GU

Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period

清康熙 青花人物故事圖紋花觚

Skilfully potted with a convex central section decorated to one side with a carp leaping out from tumultuous waves, the reverse with a qilin in a rocky landscape, supported by a splayed lower section painted with a scholar and his attendants, the upper flared section with another figurative scene depicting robed officials and seated dignitaries on a terrace amidst swirling clouds, the base with an artemisia leaf enclosed with a double-circle

45.5cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in the collection of Dr. Arthur Kauffmann (1887-1983), a German-British art dealer who worked for (and later owned) the Frankfurt branch of the auctioneers Hugo Helbing, and later was an art dealer in London. Kauffmann was a member of the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Oriental Ceramic Society;

Formerly in the collection of Professor C. M. Kauffmann (1931-2023), Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and subsequently Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art;

Thence by descent.

來源：

德裔英國藝術品經銷商亞瑟·考夫曼博士（1887-1983）舊藏。考夫曼曾任職於法蘭克福拍賣行Hugo Helbing，後來在倫敦成為藝術品經銷商。考夫曼為英國古董經銷商協會及東方陶瓷學會成員；

C. M 考夫曼教授（1931-2023）收藏。考夫曼教授曾任倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館版畫、繪畫與繪圖部門館長，後來成為考陶德藝術學院院長；

其後家族傳承。

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C.f A comparable beaker vase, dated to the Kangxi period, was sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 28th July 2020, lot 13, and another at New Bond Street, 26th February 2008, lot 211. Another comparable Kangxi-period vase was sold at Christie's London, 13th November 2001, lot 211.

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