Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Property from a distinguished Belgian Collection 顯貴比利時私人藏品
Lot 41
A blue and white double-gourd 'Seven Sages' vase Chongzhen
12 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,500 inc. premium
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A blue and white double-gourd 'Seven Sages' vase
Chongzhen
The lower section painted in vivid blue with a continuous scene of the seven sages of the bamboo grove reciting poetry to each other amidst plantain leaves and bamboo, all beneath a leafy scroll dividing the upper section painted with a further languid scholar resting against rockwork as his attendant brings books, all beneath a further scroll of floral sprays. 33cm (13in) high
The lower section painted in vivid blue with a continuous scene of the seven sages of the bamboo grove reciting poetry to each other amidst plantain leaves and bamboo, all beneath a leafy scroll dividing the upper section painted with a further languid scholar resting against rockwork as his attendant brings books, all beneath a further scroll of floral sprays. 33cm (13in) high
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明崇禎 青花竹林七賢圖葫蘆瓶
Provenance: a distinguished Belgian private collection
來源： 顯貴比利時私人收藏
The 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' were a group of poets, writers and musicians who during the Jin dynasty (AD265-420) retreated from the dangers of court intrigue to a bamboo grove in Shanyang, Henan province. Away from venal court politics, they could indulge in free artistic self-expression and alcohol in particular. Their humorous stories were all recorded in the 'New Account of the Tales of the World' (Shishuo xinyu 世說新語) and appealed to scholars wishing to retreat from the dangers of politics, in particular during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
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