A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE BITONG  KANGXI PERIOD (1662-17...

Hammer

£56,000

A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE BITONG 
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙“寒江獨釣“圖紋筆筒
a strong and yet delicately painted scene - free of any border or rim - depicts a lonely fisherman in a boat on the river, amid a setting of ancient hills and a simple thatched roof. The rocks and mountains outlined in black enamel in various shades of green, blue and aubergine  are painted in such a way as to produce the effect of scattered light across the scene - all under an illuminated sky. The sides of the bitong represent two different aesthetics. A ten-character inscription reads:
“In the deep forest birds do not come,
The boats of fishermen anchor on the far mountain stream”.
11.6 cm high

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Lempertz Cologne, “ Asiatiche Kunst Auktion 892 ”, 8 & 9 June 2006, Lot 130. 

EXHIBITED: In “Chinese Keramik Meisterweke aus Privatsammlungen”, an exhibition held at Museum fur Ostasiatische, Koln, 1988.

PUBLISHED: Illustrated by Ulrich Weisner in “ Chinese Keramik Meisterweke aus Privatsammlungen” in an exhibition held at Museum fur Ostasiatische, Koln, 1988, Page 178, No 130.

RELATED EXAMPLE: For another example of a bitong painted with a continuous mountain scene in the famille verte palette see “ Famille Verte From Private Collections”, Marchant, October – November 2021, Page 50, No: 18.

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Perfect – with the exception of some surface wear and scratching.